#CD3E40#CD3E40

#CD3E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.180 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E40
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 56.12, 31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 64.45, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1641 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.18 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8279, 16.7986, 6.6267)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E40 #3ECDCB

analogous

#CD3E87 #CD3E40 #CD843E

triadic

#CD3E40 #40CD3E #3E40CD

tetradic

#CD3E40 #87CD3E #3ECDCB #843ECD

square

#CD3E40 #87CD3E #3ECDCB #843ECD

split-complementary

#CD3E40 #3ECD84 #3E87CD

monochromatic

#731E1F #A32A2C #CD3E40 #DA6F70 #E69FA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#CD3E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#CD3E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E40

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E40	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E10E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.180 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47c75',
    500: '#cd3e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e40;
$custom-light: #e47c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.161,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57343,
    "c": 0.17979,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E40

secondary

#94D3D2

accent

#E2E046

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E40

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

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