#CD3E57#CD3E57

#CD3E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.179 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E57
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 87)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 57.53, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 60.41, 17.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1729 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.179 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6225, 17.1165, 10.8116)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E57 #3ECDB4

analogous

#CD3E9F #CD3E57 #CD6C3E

triadic

#CD3E57 #57CD3E #3E57CD

tetradic

#CD3E57 #9FCD3E #3ECDB4 #6C3ECD

square

#CD3E57 #9FCD3E #3ECDB4 #6C3ECD

split-complementary

#CD3E57 #3ECD6C #3E9FCD

monochromatic

#731E2D #A32A40 #CD3E57 #DA6F81 #E69FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CD3E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CD3E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E57

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E57	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.179 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37d86',
    500: '#cd3e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e57;
$custom-light: #e37d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.51,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57771,
    "c": 0.1788,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E57

secondary

#94D3C8

accent

#E2C746

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170A0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E57

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

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