#CD3E42#CD3E42

#CD3E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.180 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E42
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 56.23, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 63.99, 28.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1648 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.18 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8858, 16.8218, 6.9318)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E42 #3ECDC9

analogous

#CD3E89 #CD3E42 #CD823E

triadic

#CD3E42 #42CD3E #3E42CD

tetradic

#CD3E42 #89CD3E #3ECDC9 #823ECD

square

#CD3E42 #89CD3E #3ECDC9 #823ECD

split-complementary

#CD3E42 #3ECD82 #3E89CD

monochromatic

#731E20 #A32A2E #CD3E42 #DA6F72 #E69FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#CD3E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#CD3E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E42

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E42	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.180 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47c76',
    500: '#cd3e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e42;
$custom-light: #e47c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.322,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57374,
    "c": 0.17957,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E42

secondary

#94D3D1

accent

#E2DE46

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E42

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

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