#CD3C34#CD3C34

#CD3C34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.183 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3C34
RGB	rgb(205, 60, 52)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 56.33, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 67.99, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1622 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.183 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4157, 16.4629, 4.9822)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3C34 #34C5CD

analogous

#CD3479 #CD3C34 #CD8834

triadic

#CD3C34 #34CD3C #3C34CD

tetradic

#CD3C34 #79CD34 #34C5CD #8834CD

square

#CD3C34 #79CD34 #34C5CD #8834CD

split-complementary

#CD3C34 #34CD88 #3479CD

monochromatic

#6C1F1B #9D2D27 #CD3C34 #D96B65 #E59A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CD3C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#CD3C34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3C34

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3C34	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 60, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.183 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57b6c',
    500: '#cd3c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3c34;
$custom-light: #e57b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.137,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56972,
    "c": 0.18321,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3C34

secondary

#8CCDD1

accent

#DBE444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3C34

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

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