#CC3834#CC3834

#CC3834 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.186 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3834
RGB	rgb(204, 56, 52)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 57.46, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 68.47, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1659 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.186 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9389, 15.9178, 4.9021)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3834 #34C8CC

analogous

#CC347C #CC3834 #CC8434

triadic

#CC3834 #34CC38 #3834CC

tetradic

#CC3834 #7CCC34 #34C8CC #8434CC

square

#CC3834 #7CCC34 #34C8CC #8434CC

split-complementary

#CC3834 #34CC84 #347CCC

monochromatic

#6B1D1B #9C2A27 #CC3834 #D86865 #E59896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#CC3834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#CC3834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3834

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3834	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 56, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.186 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4796c',
    500: '#cc3834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3834;
$custom-light: #e4796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56409,
    "c": 0.18567,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3834

secondary

#8CCED0

accent

#DFE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3834

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

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