#CC3C49#CC3C49

#CC3C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.180 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3C49
RGB	rgb(204, 60, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 57.05, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 62.66, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.169 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.18 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7232, 16.5541, 8.0375)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3C49 #3CCCBF

analogous

#CC3C91 #CC3C49 #CC773C

triadic

#CC3C49 #49CC3C #3C49CC

tetradic

#CC3C49 #91CC3C #3CCCBF #773CCC

square

#CC3C49 #91CC3C #3CCCBF #773CCC

split-complementary

#CC3C49 #3CCC77 #3C91CC

monochromatic

#701D25 #A12A35 #CC3C49 #D96D76 #E59DA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#CC3C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#CC3C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3C49

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3C49	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 60, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.180 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37b7b',
    500: '#cc3c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3c49;
$custom-light: #e37b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.583,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57122,
    "c": 0.17992,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3C49

secondary

#92D1CC

accent

#E2D446

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEEE

border

#D6C9C9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3C49

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

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