#CD3C45#CD3C45

#CD3C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.181 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3C45
RGB	rgb(205, 60, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 57.14, 28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 63.85, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1683 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.181 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8698, 16.6446, 7.3743)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3C45 #3CCDC4

analogous

#CD3C8E #CD3C45 #CD7C3C

triadic

#CD3C45 #45CD3C #3C45CD

tetradic

#CD3C45 #8ECD3C #3CCDC4 #7C3CCD

square

#CD3C45 #8ECD3C #3CCDC4 #7C3CCD

split-complementary

#CD3C45 #3CCD7C #3C8ECD

monochromatic

#711D22 #A22A31 #CD3C45 #D96D73 #E69DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#CD3C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#CD3C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3C45

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3C45	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E10A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 60, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.181 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b78',
    500: '#cd3c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3c45;
$custom-light: #e47b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.276,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57221,
    "c": 0.1812,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3C45

secondary

#93D2CE

accent

#E2D945

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3C45

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

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