#CC3C35#CC3C35

#CC3C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.182 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3C35
RGB	rgb(204, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 56.05, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 67.31, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1617 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.182 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1634, 16.3302, 5.0892)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3C35 #35C5CC

analogous

#CC357A #CC3C35 #CC8735

triadic

#CC3C35 #35CC3C #3C35CC

tetradic

#CC3C35 #7ACC35 #35C5CC #8735CC

square

#CC3C35 #7ACC35 #35C5CC #8735CC

split-complementary

#CC3C35 #35CC87 #357ACC

monochromatic

#6B1F1B #9C2D27 #CC3C35 #D86B66 #E59A97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#CC3C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CC3C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3C35

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3C35	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)

#665C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.182 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b6d',
    500: '#cc3c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3c35;
$custom-light: #e47b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.781,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56814,
    "c": 0.18204,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3C35

secondary

#8DCDD0

accent

#DCE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3C35

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

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