#CC3C40#CC3C40

#CC3C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.181 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3C40
RGB	rgb(204, 60, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 56.56, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 64.54, 28.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1656 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.181 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4461, 16.4433, 6.5782)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3C40 #3CCCC8

analogous

#CC3C88 #CC3C40 #CC803C

triadic

#CC3C40 #40CC3C #3C40CC

tetradic

#CC3C40 #88CC3C #3CCCC8 #803CCC

square

#CC3C40 #88CC3C #3CCCC8 #803CCC

split-complementary

#CC3C40 #3CCC80 #3C88CC

monochromatic

#701D20 #A12A2D #CC3C40 #D96D70 #E59D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#CC3C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#CC3C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3C40

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3C40	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0083F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 60, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.181 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47b75',
    500: '#cc3c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3c40;
$custom-light: #e47b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5697,
    "c": 0.18064,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3C40

secondary

#92D1D0

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3C40

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

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