#CC3835#CC3835

#CC3835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.186 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3835
RGB	rgb(204, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 57.50, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 68.21, 32.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1662 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.186 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9617, 15.9269, 5.0220)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3835 #35C9CC

analogous

#CC357D #CC3835 #CC8335

triadic

#CC3835 #35CC38 #3835CC

tetradic

#CC3835 #7DCC35 #35C9CC #8335CC

square

#CC3835 #7DCC35 #35C9CC #8335CC

split-complementary

#CC3835 #35CC83 #357DCC

monochromatic

#6B1D1B #9C2A27 #CC3835 #D86866 #E59897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#CC3835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#CC3835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3835

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3835	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)

#645B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.186 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4796d',
    500: '#cc3835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3835;
$custom-light: #e4796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.192,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56421,
    "c": 0.18554,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3835

secondary

#8DCFD0

accent

#E0E345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3835

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

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