#CC3B38#CC3B38

#CC3B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.183 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3B38
RGB	rgb(204, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 56.55, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 66.75, 32.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1639 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.183 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1827, 16.2549, 5.4468)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3B38 #38C9CC

analogous

#CC387F #CC3B38 #CC8538

triadic

#CC3B38 #38CC3B #3B38CC

tetradic

#CC3B38 #7FCC38 #38C9CC #8538CC

square

#CC3B38 #7FCC38 #38C9CC #8538CC

split-complementary

#CC3B38 #38CC85 #387FCC

monochromatic

#6E1E1C #9E2B29 #CC3B38 #D86B69 #E59B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#CC3B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#CC3B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3B38

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3B38	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)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.183 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b6f',
    500: '#cc3b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3b38;
$custom-light: #e47b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.216,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56753,
    "c": 0.18251,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3B38

secondary

#8FCFD1

accent

#DFE245

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3B38

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

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