#CD3E3E#CD3E3E

#CD3E3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.180 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E3E
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 62)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 56.02, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 64.93, 30.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1633 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.18 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7720, 16.7763, 6.3323)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E3E #3ECDCD

analogous

#CD3E86 #CD3E3E #CD863E

triadic

#CD3E3E #3ECD3E #3E3ECD

tetradic

#CD3E3E #86CD3E #3ECDCD #863ECD

square

#CD3E3E #86CD3E #3ECDCD #863ECD

split-complementary

#CD3E3E #3ECD86 #3E86CD

monochromatic

#731E1E #A32A2A #CD3E3E #DA6F6F #E69F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#CD3E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#CD3E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E3E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E3E	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E10D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.180 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47c73',
    500: '#cd3e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e3e;
$custom-light: #e47c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57312,
    "c": 0.18002,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E3E

secondary

#94D3D3

accent

#E2E246

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E3E

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

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