#CC3A45#CC3A45

#CC3A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.182 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3A45
RGB	rgb(204, 58, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 57.56, 27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 63.96, 25.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1698 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.182 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4920, 16.2972, 7.3271)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3A45 #3ACCC1

analogous

#CC3A8E #CC3A45 #CC783A

triadic

#CC3A45 #45CC3A #3A45CC

tetradic

#CC3A45 #8ECC3A #3ACCC1 #783ACC

square

#CC3A45 #8ECC3A #3ACCC1 #783ACC

split-complementary

#CC3A45 #3ACC78 #3A8ECC

monochromatic

#6F1D23 #A02932 #CC3A45 #D96B73 #E59BA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#CC3A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#CC3A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3A45

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3A45	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0033F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 58, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.182 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a78',
    500: '#cc3a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3a45;
$custom-light: #e37a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.479,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56854,
    "c": 0.18208,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3A45

secondary

#91D1CC

accent

#E2D646

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3A45

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

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