#CC3E36#CC3E36

#CC3E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.180 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3E36
RGB	rgb(204, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 55.34, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 66.58, 33.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.1596 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.18 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2934, 16.5530, 5.2472)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3E36 #36C4CC

analogous

#CC3679 #CC3E36 #CC8936

triadic

#CC3E36 #36CC3E #3E36CC

tetradic

#CC3E36 #79CC36 #36C4CC #8936CC

square

#CC3E36 #79CC36 #36C4CC #8936CC

split-complementary

#CC3E36 #36CC89 #3679CC

monochromatic

#6C201B #9D2E28 #CC3E36 #D86D67 #E59C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#CC3E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#CC3E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3E36

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3E36	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)

#675D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.180 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47c6e',
    500: '#cc3e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3e36;
$custom-light: #e47c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57033,
    "c": 0.18009,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3E36

secondary

#8ECDD0

accent

#DAE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3E36

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

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