#CC3B42#CC3B42

#CC3B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.181 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3B42
RGB	rgb(204, 59, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 57.03, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 64.34, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1675 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.181 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4521, 16.3627, 6.8660)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3B42 #3BCCC5

analogous

#CC3B8B #CC3B42 #CC7C3B

triadic

#CC3B42 #42CC3B #3B42CC

tetradic

#CC3B42 #8BCC3B #3BCCC5 #7C3BCC

square

#CC3B42 #8BCC3B #3BCCC5 #7C3BCC

split-complementary

#CC3B42 #3BCC7C #3B8BCC

monochromatic

#701D21 #A02A2F #CC3B42 #D96C71 #E59CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#CC3B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CC3B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3B42

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3B42	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0053F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 59, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.181 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37b76',
    500: '#cc3b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3b42;
$custom-light: #e37b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.103,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56902,
    "c": 0.18138,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3B42

secondary

#92D1CE

accent

#E2DA46

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3B42

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

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