#CD3E44#CD3E44

#CD3E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.179 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E44
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 56.33, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 63.55, 27.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1656 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.179 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9458, 16.8458, 7.2478)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E44 #3ECDC7

analogous

#CD3E8B #CD3E44 #CD803E

triadic

#CD3E44 #44CD3E #3E44CD

tetradic

#CD3E44 #8BCD3E #3ECDC7 #803ECD

square

#CD3E44 #8BCD3E #3ECDC7 #803ECD

split-complementary

#CD3E44 #3ECD80 #3E8BCD

monochromatic

#731E21 #A32A2F #CD3E44 #DA6F73 #E69FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#CD3E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#CD3E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E44

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E44	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.179 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47c78',
    500: '#cd3e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e44;
$custom-light: #e47c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.483,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57407,
    "c": 0.17936,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E44

secondary

#94D3D0

accent

#E2DB46

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E44

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

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