#CD3C55#CD3C55

#CD3C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.181 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3C55
RGB	rgb(205, 60, 85)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 58.13, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 61.23, 18.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1745 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.181 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4352, 16.8707, 10.3516)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3C55 #3CCDB4

analogous

#CD3C9E #CD3C55 #CD6C3C

triadic

#CD3C55 #55CD3C #3C55CD

tetradic

#CD3C55 #9ECD3C #3CCDB4 #6C3CCD

square

#CD3C55 #9ECD3C #3CCDB4 #6C3CCD

split-complementary

#CD3C55 #3CCD6C #3C9ECD

monochromatic

#711D2C #A22A3E #CD3C55 #D96D7F #E69DAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#CD3C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#CD3C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3C55

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3C55	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 60, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.181 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37c84',
    500: '#cd3c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3c55;
$custom-light: #e37c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57528,
    "c": 0.1808,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3C55

secondary

#93D2C7

accent

#E2C745

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3C55

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

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