#CC3736#CC3736

#CC3736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.186 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3736
RGB	rgb(204, 55, 54)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 57.89, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 68.17, 31.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1677 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.186 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9370, 15.8402, 5.1284)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3736 #36CBCC

analogous

#CC3680 #CC3736 #CC8236

triadic

#CC3736 #36CC37 #3736CC

tetradic

#CC3736 #80CC36 #36CBCC #8236CC

square

#CC3736 #80CC36 #36CBCC #8236CC

split-complementary

#CC3736 #36CC82 #3680CC

monochromatic

#6C1C1B #9D2928 #CC3736 #D86867 #E59898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#CC3736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#CC3736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3736

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3736	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)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 55, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.186 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4796d',
    500: '#cc3736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3736;
$custom-light: #e4796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5634,
    "c": 0.18627,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3736

secondary

#8ED0D0

accent

#E2E345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3736

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

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