#CC3E42#CC3E42

#CC3E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.179 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3E42
RGB	rgb(204, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 55.91, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 63.58, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1639 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.179 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6108, 16.6800, 6.9189)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3E42 #3ECCC8

analogous

#CC3E89 #CC3E42 #CC813E

triadic

#CC3E42 #42CC3E #3E42CC

tetradic

#CC3E42 #89CC3E #3ECCC8 #813ECC

square

#CC3E42 #89CC3E #3ECCC8 #813ECC

split-complementary

#CC3E42 #3ECC81 #3E89CC

monochromatic

#721E20 #A22B2E #CC3E42 #D96E71 #E69FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#CC3E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#CC3E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3E42

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3E42	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.179 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37c76',
    500: '#cc3e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3e42;
$custom-light: #e37c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.31,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57206,
    "c": 0.17854,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3E42

secondary

#94D2D0

accent

#E1DD46

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3E42

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

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