#CD3F42#CD3F42

#CD3F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.179 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3F42
RGB	rgb(205, 63, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 55.85, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 63.74, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1636 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.179 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9407, 16.9316, 6.9501)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3F42 #3FCDCA

analogous

#CD3F89 #CD3F42 #CD833F

triadic

#CD3F42 #42CD3F #3F42CD

tetradic

#CD3F42 #89CD3F #3FCDCA #833FCD

square

#CD3F42 #89CD3F #3FCDCA #833FCD

split-complementary

#CD3F42 #3FCD83 #3F89CD

monochromatic

#741E20 #A42B2D #CD3F42 #DA7072 #E6A0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CD3F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CD3F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3F42

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3F42	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 63, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.179 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47d76',
    500: '#cd3f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3f42;
$custom-light: #e47d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.732,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57478,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3F42

secondary

#95D3D1

accent

#E2DF46

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3F42

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

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