#CC3959#CC3959

#CC3959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.183 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3959
RGB	rgb(204, 57, 89)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 59.19, 16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 61.34, 15.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1786 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.183 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1708, 16.4888, 11.1485)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3959 #39CCAC

analogous

#CC39A2 #CC3959 #CC6239

triadic

#CC3959 #59CC39 #3959CC

tetradic

#CC3959 #A2CC39 #39CCAC #6239CC

square

#CC3959 #A2CC39 #39CCAC #6239CC

split-complementary

#CC3959 #39CC62 #39A2CC

monochromatic

#6E1C2E #9F2943 #CC3959 #D96A82 #E59AAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CC3959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CC3959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3959

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3959	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF1146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 57, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.183 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27a87',
    500: '#cc3959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3959;
$custom-light: #e27a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.939,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5716,
    "c": 0.18311,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3959

secondary

#90D1C3

accent

#E2C046

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#170A0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3959

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

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