#CD3B45#CD3B45

#CD3B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.182 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3B45
RGB	rgb(205, 59, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 57.50, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 64.10, 26.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1695 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.182 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8179, 16.5408, 7.3570)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3B45 #3BCDC3

analogous

#CD3B8E #CD3B45 #CD7A3B

triadic

#CD3B45 #45CD3B #3B45CD

tetradic

#CD3B45 #8ECD3B #3BCDC3 #7A3BCD

square

#CD3B45 #8ECD3B #3BCDC3 #7A3BCD

split-complementary

#CD3B45 #3BCD7A #3B8ECD

monochromatic

#711D23 #A22931 #CD3B45 #D96C73 #E69DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#CD3B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#CD3B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3B45

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3B45	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E10540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 59, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.182 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b78',
    500: '#cd3b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3b45;
$custom-light: #e47b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.89,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57122,
    "c": 0.18214,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3B45

secondary

#92D2CE

accent

#E3D845

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3B45

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

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