#CD3F38#CD3F38

#CD3F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.180 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3F38
RGB	rgb(205, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 55.36, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 66.22, 33.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.16 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.18 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6712, 16.8238, 5.5309)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3F38 #38C6CD

analogous

#CD387B #CD3F38 #CD8938

triadic

#CD3F38 #38CD3F #3F38CD

tetradic

#CD3F38 #7BCD38 #38C6CD #8938CD

square

#CD3F38 #7BCD38 #38C6CD #8938CD

split-complementary

#CD3F38 #38CD89 #387BCD

monochromatic

#6F201C #A02E28 #CD3F38 #D96E69 #E69D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#CD3F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#CD3F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3F38

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3F38	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)

#685E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E10E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.180 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57d6f',
    500: '#cd3f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3f38;
$custom-light: #e57d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.819,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57332,
    "c": 0.1799,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3F38

secondary

#8FCED1

accent

#DCE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3F38

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

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