#CD3C35#CD3C35

#CD3C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.183 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3C35
RGB	rgb(205, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 56.37, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 67.72, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1626 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.183 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4384, 16.4720, 5.1021)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3C35 #35C6CD

analogous

#CD357A #CD3C35 #CD8835

triadic

#CD3C35 #35CD3C #3C35CD

tetradic

#CD3C35 #7ACD35 #35C6CD #8835CD

square

#CD3C35 #7ACD35 #35C6CD #8835CD

split-complementary

#CD3C35 #35CD88 #357ACD

monochromatic

#6D1F1B #9E2D27 #CD3C35 #D96B66 #E59B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CD3C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#CD3C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3C35

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3C35	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)

#665D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.183 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57b6d',
    500: '#cd3c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3c35;
$custom-light: #e57b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.763,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56985,
    "c": 0.18305,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3C35

secondary

#8DCED1

accent

#DCE344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3C35

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

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