#CC3C48#CC3C48

#CC3C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.180 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3C48
RGB	rgb(204, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 56.99, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 62.85, 24.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1686 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.18 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6903, 16.5410, 7.8643)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3C48 #3CCCC0

analogous

#CC3C90 #CC3C48 #CC783C

triadic

#CC3C48 #48CC3C #3C48CC

tetradic

#CC3C48 #90CC3C #3CCCC0 #783CCC

square

#CC3C48 #90CC3C #3CCCC0 #783CCC

split-complementary

#CC3C48 #3CCC78 #3C90CC

monochromatic

#701D24 #A12A34 #CC3C48 #D96D76 #E59DA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#CC3C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#CC3C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3C48

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3C48	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.180 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37b7b',
    500: '#cc3c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3c48;
$custom-light: #e37b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57104,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3C48

secondary

#92D1CC

accent

#E2D546

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3C48

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

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