#CD3E59#CD3E59

#CD3E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.179 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3E59
RGB	rgb(205, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 57.67, 17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 60.20, 16.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1737 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.179 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7053, 17.1496, 11.2479)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3E59 #3ECDB2

analogous

#CD3EA1 #CD3E59 #CD6A3E

triadic

#CD3E59 #59CD3E #3E59CD

tetradic

#CD3E59 #A1CD3E #3ECDB2 #6A3ECD

square

#CD3E59 #A1CD3E #3ECDB2 #6A3ECD

split-complementary

#CD3E59 #3ECD6A #3EA1CD

monochromatic

#731E2E #A32A41 #CD3E59 #DA6F83 #E69FAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CD3E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CD3E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3E59

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3E59	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.179 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37d87',
    500: '#cd3e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3e59;
$custom-light: #e37d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.671,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57816,
    "c": 0.1789,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3E59

secondary

#94D3C7

accent

#E2C546

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170A0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3E59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →