#CC3945#CC3945

#CC3945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.183 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3945
RGB	rgb(204, 57, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 57.91, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 64.21, 25.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1709 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.183 21)
XYZ	xyz(27.4421, 16.1974, 7.3105)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3945 #39CCC0

analogous

#CC398E #CC3945 #CC7639

triadic

#CC3945 #45CC39 #3945CC

tetradic

#CC3945 #8ECC39 #39CCC0 #7639CC

square

#CC3945 #8ECC39 #39CCC0 #7639CC

split-complementary

#CC3945 #39CC76 #398ECC

monochromatic

#6E1C23 #9F2933 #CC3945 #D96A73 #E59AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#CC3945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#CC3945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3945

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3945	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 57, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.183 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a78',
    500: '#cc3945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3945;
$custom-light: #e37a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56758,
    "c": 0.18302,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.16193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3945

secondary

#90D1CC

accent

#E2D546

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3945

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

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