#CD3C37#CD3C37

#CD3C37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.183 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3C37
RGB	rgb(205, 60, 55)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 56.45, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 67.18, 32.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1632 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.183 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4854, 16.4908, 5.3495)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3C37 #37C8CD

analogous

#CD377D #CD3C37 #CD8737

triadic

#CD3C37 #37CD3C #3C37CD

tetradic

#CD3C37 #7DCD37 #37C8CD #8737CD

square

#CD3C37 #7DCD37 #37C8CD #8737CD

split-complementary

#CD3C37 #37CD87 #377DCD

monochromatic

#6E1E1C #9F2C28 #CD3C37 #D96C68 #E59B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CD3C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CD3C37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3C37

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3C37	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 60, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.183 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57b6e',
    500: '#cd3c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3c37;
$custom-light: #e57b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5701,
    "c": 0.18277,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3C37

secondary

#8FCFD1

accent

#DEE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3C37

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

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