#CC3E45#CC3E45

#CC3E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.178 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3E45
RGB	rgb(204, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 56.07, 28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 62.93, 27.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1651 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.178 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7016, 16.7163, 7.3970)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3E45 #3ECCC5

analogous

#CC3E8C #CC3E45 #CC7E3E

triadic

#CC3E45 #45CC3E #3E45CC

tetradic

#CC3E45 #8CCC3E #3ECCC5 #7E3ECC

square

#CC3E45 #8CCC3E #3ECCC5 #7E3ECC

split-complementary

#CC3E45 #3ECC7E #3E8CCC

monochromatic

#721E22 #A22B31 #CC3E45 #D96E74 #E69FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#CC3E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#CC3E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3E45

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3E45	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)

#655E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.178 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37c78',
    500: '#cc3e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3e45;
$custom-light: #e37c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.042,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57256,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3E45

secondary

#94D2CF

accent

#E1DA46

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3E45

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

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