#CD3E37#CD3E37

#CD3E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.181 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E37
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 55.70, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 66.72, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1609 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.181 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5921, 16.7043, 5.3851)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E37 #37C6CD

analogous

#CD377B #CD3E37 #CD8937

triadic

#CD3E37 #37CD3E #3E37CD

tetradic

#CD3E37 #7BCD37 #37C6CD #8937CD

square

#CD3E37 #7BCD37 #37C6CD #8937CD

split-complementary

#CD3E37 #37CD89 #377BCD

monochromatic

#6E1F1C #9F2D28 #CD3E37 #D96D68 #E59C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#CD3E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#CD3E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E37

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E37	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1093E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.181 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57c6e',
    500: '#cd3e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e37;
$custom-light: #e57c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57215,
    "c": 0.18097,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E37

secondary

#8FCED1

accent

#DCE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E37

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →