#CD3F40#CD3F40

#CD3F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.179 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3F40
RGB	rgb(205, 63, 64)
HSL	hsl(360, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 55.74, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 64.20, 29.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1629 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.179 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8828, 16.9084, 6.6449)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3F40 #3FCDCC

analogous

#CD3F87 #CD3F40 #CD853F

triadic

#CD3F40 #40CD3F #3F40CD

tetradic

#CD3F40 #87CD3F #3FCDCC #853FCD

square

#CD3F40 #87CD3F #3FCDCC #853FCD

split-complementary

#CD3F40 #3FCD85 #3F87CD

monochromatic

#741E1F #A42B2C #CD3F40 #DA7070 #E6A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CD3F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CD3F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3F40

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3F40	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 63, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.179 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47d75',
    500: '#cd3f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3f40;
$custom-light: #e47d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.577,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57447,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3F40

secondary

#95D3D2

accent

#E2E146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3F40

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

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