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#cc1700

a dark, electric red · warm · closest name: red

RGB
204, 23, 0
HSL
7°, 100%, 40%
CMYK
0, 89, 100, 20
Luminance
0.1345

Every format

HEX#cc1700
RGBrgb(204, 23, 0)
HSLhsl(7, 100%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 89%, 100%, 20%)
LABlab(43.4 65.0 57.1)
LCHlch(43.4 86.6 41.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.537 0.211 30.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #cc1700;
background-color: #cc1700;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cc1700] bg-[#cc1700]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cc1700;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.090, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#cc1700")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#cc1700 on white: 5.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cc1700 on black: 3.69:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green9.0%
Blue0.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta88.7%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)20.0%

Color previews

#cc1700 text on a black background

contrast 3.69:1

Card sample

#cc1700 text on a white background

contrast 5.69:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cc1700;
Background color
Panel with #cc1700 background
background-color: #cc1700;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cc1700;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 23, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 23, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cc1700;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc1700, #CC9F00);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cc1700

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #cc1700 in the Color Lab