#CC3850#CC3850

#CC3850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.184 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3850
RGB	rgb(204, 56, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 58.92, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 62.61, 19.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1763 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.184 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7668, 16.2489, 9.2621)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3850 #38CCB4

analogous

#CC389A #CC3850 #CC6A38

triadic

#CC3850 #50CC38 #3850CC

tetradic

#CC3850 #9ACC38 #38CCB4 #6A38CC

square

#CC3850 #9ACC38 #38CCB4 #6A38CC

split-complementary

#CC3850 #38CC6A #389ACC

monochromatic

#6E1C29 #9E293C #CC3850 #D8697B #E599A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#CC3850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#CC3850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3850

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3850	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF0442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 56, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.184 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a80',
    500: '#cc3850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3850;
$custom-light: #e37a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.27,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5687,
    "c": 0.18368,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3850

secondary

#8FD1C6

accent

#E2C945

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3850

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

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