#CC3949#CC3949

#CC3949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.183 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3949
RGB	rgb(204, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 58.14, 25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 63.45, 23.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1724 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.183 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5705, 16.2487, 7.9866)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3949 #39CCBC

analogous

#CC3992 #CC3949 #CC7239

triadic

#CC3949 #49CC39 #3949CC

tetradic

#CC3949 #92CC39 #39CCBC #7239CC

square

#CC3949 #92CC39 #39CCBC #7239CC

split-complementary

#CC3949 #39CC72 #3992CC

monochromatic

#6E1C25 #9F2936 #CC3949 #D96A76 #E59AA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#CC3949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#CC3949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3949

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3949	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)

#625C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.183 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a7b',
    500: '#cc3949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3949;
$custom-light: #e37a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.469,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56829,
    "c": 0.18281,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3949

secondary

#90D1CA

accent

#E2D146

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3949

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

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