#CC3E48#CC3E48

#CC3E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.178 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3E48
RGB	rgb(204, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 56.24, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 62.32, 25.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1662 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.178 21)
XYZ	xyz(27.7970, 16.7545, 7.8999)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3E48 #3ECCC2

analogous

#CC3E8F #CC3E48 #CC7B3E

triadic

#CC3E48 #48CC3E #3E48CC

tetradic

#CC3E48 #8FCC3E #3ECCC2 #7B3ECC

square

#CC3E48 #8FCC3E #3ECCC2 #7B3ECC

split-complementary

#CC3E48 #3ECC7B #3E8FCC

monochromatic

#721E24 #A22B33 #CC3E48 #D96E76 #E69FA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#CC3E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#CC3E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3E48

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3E48	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.178 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37c7b',
    500: '#cc3e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3e48;
$custom-light: #e37c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.775,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57308,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.1675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3E48

secondary

#94D2CE

accent

#E1D646

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3E48

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

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