#CC3C45#CC3C45

#CC3C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.180 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3C45
RGB	rgb(204, 60, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 56.82, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 63.45, 26.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1674 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.18 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5948, 16.5028, 7.3614)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3C45 #3CCCC3

analogous

#CC3C8D #CC3C45 #CC7B3C

triadic

#CC3C45 #45CC3C #3C45CC

tetradic

#CC3C45 #8DCC3C #3CCCC3 #7B3CCC

square

#CC3C45 #8DCC3C #3CCCC3 #7B3CCC

split-complementary

#CC3C45 #3CCC7B #3C8DCC

monochromatic

#701D23 #A12A31 #CC3C45 #D96D73 #E59DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#CC3C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CC3C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3C45

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3C45	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 60, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.180 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37b78',
    500: '#cc3c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3c45;
$custom-light: #e37b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57052,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3C45

secondary

#92D1CE

accent

#E2D846

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3C45

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

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