#CC3A38#CC3A38

#CC3A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.183 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3A38
RGB	rgb(204, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 56.91, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 66.97, 31.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.165 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.183 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1318, 16.1531, 5.4298)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3A38 #38CACC

analogous

#CC3880 #CC3A38 #CC8438

triadic

#CC3A38 #38CC3A #3A38CC

tetradic

#CC3A38 #80CC38 #38CACC #8438CC

square

#CC3A38 #80CC38 #38CACC #8438CC

split-complementary

#CC3A38 #38CC84 #3880CC

monochromatic

#6E1D1C #9E2A29 #CC3A38 #D86A69 #E59A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#CC3A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#CC3A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3A38

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3A38	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.183 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47a6f',
    500: '#cc3a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3a38;
$custom-light: #e47a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.811,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56654,
    "c": 0.1834,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3A38

secondary

#8FD0D1

accent

#E0E245

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3A38

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

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