#CC3336#CC3336

#CC3336 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.190 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3336
RGB	rgb(204, 51, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 59.24, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 69.03, 30.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.172 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.19 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7546, 15.4755, 5.0676)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3336 #33CCC9

analogous

#CC3382 #CC3336 #CC7D33

triadic

#CC3336 #36CC33 #3336CC

tetradic

#CC3336 #82CC33 #33CCC9 #7D33CC

square

#CC3336 #82CC33 #33CCC9 #7D33CC

split-complementary

#CC3336 #33CC7D #3382CC

monochromatic

#6A1B1C #9B2729 #CC3336 #D86466 #E49596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#CC3336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#CC3336 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3336

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3336	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 51, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.190 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5776d',
    500: '#cc3336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3336;
$custom-light: #e5776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55979,
    "c": 0.18962,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3336

secondary

#8BD0CE

accent

#E3E045

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3336

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

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