#CC3735#CC3735

#CC3735 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.186 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3735
RGB	rgb(204, 55, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 57.85, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 68.43, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.1673 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.186 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9137, 15.8309, 5.0060)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3735 #35CACC

analogous

#CC357E #CC3735 #CC8335

triadic

#CC3735 #35CC37 #3735CC

tetradic

#CC3735 #7ECC35 #35CACC #8335CC

square

#CC3735 #7ECC35 #35CACC #8335CC

split-complementary

#CC3735 #35CC83 #357ECC

monochromatic

#6B1C1B #9C2927 #CC3735 #D86766 #E59897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#CC3735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#CC3735 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3735

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3735	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 55, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.186 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4796d',
    500: '#cc3735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3735;
$custom-light: #e4796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.795,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56327,
    "c": 0.18639,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3735

secondary

#8DCFD0

accent

#E1E345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3735

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

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