#CD3C40#CD3C40

#CD3C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.182 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3C40
RGB	rgb(205, 60, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 56.87, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 64.94, 28.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1664 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.182 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7211, 16.5851, 6.5911)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3C40 #3CCDC9

analogous

#CD3C89 #CD3C40 #CD813C

triadic

#CD3C40 #40CD3C #3C40CD

tetradic

#CD3C40 #89CD3C #3CCDC9 #813CCD

square

#CD3C40 #89CD3C #3CCDC9 #813CCD

split-complementary

#CD3C40 #3CCD81 #3C89CD

monochromatic

#711D1F #A22A2D #CD3C40 #D96D70 #E69D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#CD3C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#CD3C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3C40

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3C40	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1063F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 60, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.182 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b75',
    500: '#cd3c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3c40;
$custom-light: #e47b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.345,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5714,
    "c": 0.18166,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3C40

secondary

#93D2D0

accent

#E2DE45

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3C40

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

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