#CC3C36#CC3C36

#CC3C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.182 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3C36
RGB	rgb(204, 60, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 56.09, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 67.04, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.162 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.182 27)
XYZ	xyz(27.1866, 16.3395, 5.2116)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3C36 #36C6CC

analogous

#CC367B #CC3C36 #CC8736

triadic

#CC3C36 #36CC3C #3C36CC

tetradic

#CC3C36 #7BCC36 #36C6CC #8736CC

square

#CC3C36 #7BCC36 #36C6CC #8736CC

split-complementary

#CC3C36 #36CC87 #367BCC

monochromatic

#6C1F1B #9D2D28 #CC3C36 #D86B67 #E59B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#CC3C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CC3C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3C36

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3C36	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)

#665D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0013C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 60, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.182 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b6d',
    500: '#cc3c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3c36;
$custom-light: #e47b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56827,
    "c": 0.18189,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.16335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3C36

secondary

#8ECED0

accent

#DCE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3C36

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

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