#CD3C38#CD3C38

#CD3C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.183 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3C38
RGB	rgb(205, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 56.50, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 66.92, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1636 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.183 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5096, 16.5005, 5.4770)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3C38 #38C9CD

analogous

#CD387E #CD3C38 #CD8638

triadic

#CD3C38 #38CD3C #3C38CD

tetradic

#CD3C38 #7ECD38 #38C9CD #8638CD

square

#CD3C38 #7ECD38 #38C9CD #8638CD

split-complementary

#CD3C38 #38CD86 #387ECD

monochromatic

#6F1E1C #A02B28 #CD3C38 #D96C69 #E69C9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#CD3C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CD3C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3C38

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3C38	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.183 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57b6f',
    500: '#cd3c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3c38;
$custom-light: #e57b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.611,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57024,
    "c": 0.18262,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3C38

secondary

#8FD0D1

accent

#DFE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3C38

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

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