#CC3E59#CC3E59

#CC3E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.178 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3E59
RGB	rgb(204, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 57.36, 17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 59.83, 16.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1728 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.178 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4303, 17.0078, 11.2350)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3E59 #3ECCB1

analogous

#CC3EA0 #CC3E59 #CC6A3E

triadic

#CC3E59 #59CC3E #3E59CC

tetradic

#CC3E59 #A0CC3E #3ECCB1 #6A3ECC

square

#CC3E59 #A0CC3E #3ECCB1 #6A3ECC

split-complementary

#CC3E59 #3ECC6A #3EA0CC

monochromatic

#721E2E #A22B41 #CC3E59 #D96E83 #E69FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#CC3E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#CC3E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3E59

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3E59	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF1D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.178 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27d87',
    500: '#cc3e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3e59;
$custom-light: #e27d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.592,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5765,
    "c": 0.1779,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3E59

secondary

#94D2C6

accent

#E1C446

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170A0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3E59

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

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