#CD3D38#CD3D38

#CD3D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.182 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3D38
RGB	rgb(205, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 56.12, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 66.69, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1624 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.182 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5625, 16.6063, 5.4946)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3D38 #38C8CD

analogous

#CD387D #CD3D38 #CD8738

triadic

#CD3D38 #38CD3D #3D38CD

tetradic

#CD3D38 #7DCD38 #38C8CD #8738CD

square

#CD3D38 #7DCD38 #38C8CD #8738CD

split-complementary

#CD3D38 #38CD87 #387DCD

monochromatic

#6F1F1C #A02C28 #CD3D38 #D96D69 #E69C9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#CD3D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#CD3D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3D38

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3D38	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1053D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.182 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57c6f',
    500: '#cd3d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3d38;
$custom-light: #e57c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.013,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57125,
    "c": 0.18173,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3D38

secondary

#8FCFD1

accent

#DEE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3D38

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

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