#CC3E38#CC3E38

#CC3E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.180 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3E38
RGB	rgb(204, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 55.42, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 66.05, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1603 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.18 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3413, 16.5722, 5.4997)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3E38 #38C6CC

analogous

#CC387C #CC3E38 #CC8838

triadic

#CC3E38 #38CC3E #3E38CC

tetradic

#CC3E38 #7CCC38 #38C6CC #8838CC

square

#CC3E38 #7CCC38 #38C6CC #8838CC

split-complementary

#CC3E38 #38CC88 #387CCC

monochromatic

#6E1F1C #9E2D29 #CC3E38 #D86D69 #E59C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#CC3E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#CC3E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3E38

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3E38	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)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.180 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47c6f',
    500: '#cc3e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3e38;
$custom-light: #e47c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.432,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57059,
    "c": 0.17979,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3E38

secondary

#8FCED1

accent

#DCE245

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3E38

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

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