#CD3B38#CD3B38

#CD3B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.184 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3B38
RGB	rgb(205, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 56.86, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 67.15, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1647 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.184 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4577, 16.3967, 5.4597)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3B38 #38CACD

analogous

#CD387F #CD3B38 #CD8538

triadic

#CD3B38 #38CD3B #3B38CD

tetradic

#CD3B38 #7FCD38 #38CACD #8538CD

square

#CD3B38 #7FCD38 #38CACD #8538CD

split-complementary

#CD3B38 #38CD85 #387FCD

monochromatic

#6F1E1C #A02B28 #CD3B38 #D96B69 #E69B9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#CD3B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#CD3B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3B38

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3B38	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.184 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57b6f',
    500: '#cd3b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3b38;
$custom-light: #e57b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.208,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56924,
    "c": 0.18353,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3B38

secondary

#8FD0D1

accent

#E0E345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3B38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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