#CD3E53#CD3E53

#CD3E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.179 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E53
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 57.25, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 60.89, 19.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1713 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.179 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4636, 17.0529, 9.9747)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E53 #3ECDB8

analogous

#CD3E9A #CD3E53 #CD713E

triadic

#CD3E53 #53CD3E #3E53CD

tetradic

#CD3E53 #9ACD3E #3ECDB8 #713ECD

square

#CD3E53 #9ACD3E #3ECDB8 #713ECD

split-complementary

#CD3E53 #3ECD71 #3E9ACD

monochromatic

#731E2A #A32A3C #CD3E53 #DA6F7E #E69FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#CD3E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#CD3E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E53

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E53	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.179 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37d83',
    500: '#cd3e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e53;
$custom-light: #e37d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.189,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57686,
    "c": 0.17869,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E53

secondary

#94D3C9

accent

#E2CB46

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E53

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

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