#CC3D38#CC3D38

#CC3D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.181 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3D38
RGB	rgb(204, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 55.80, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 66.28, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1615 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.181 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2874, 16.4645, 5.4817)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3D38 #38C7CC

analogous

#CC387D #CC3D38 #CC8738

triadic

#CC3D38 #38CC3D #3D38CC

tetradic

#CC3D38 #7DCC38 #38C7CC #8738CC

square

#CC3D38 #7DCC38 #38C7CC #8738CC

split-complementary

#CC3D38 #38CC87 #387DCC

monochromatic

#6E1F1C #9E2D29 #CC3D38 #D86C69 #E59C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CC3D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#CC3D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3D38

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3D38	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0063D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.181 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47c6f',
    500: '#cc3d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3d38;
$custom-light: #e47c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.027,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56956,
    "c": 0.18071,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3D38

secondary

#8FCED1

accent

#DDE245

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3D38

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

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