#CC4042#CC4042

#CC4042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.177 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4042
RGB	rgb(204, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 55.14, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 63.07, 29.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1615 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.177 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7215, 16.9015, 6.9558)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4042 #40CCCA

analogous

#CC4088 #CC4042 #CC8440

triadic

#CC4042 #42CC40 #4042CC

tetradic

#CC4042 #88CC40 #40CCCA #8440CC

square

#CC4042 #88CC40 #40CCCA #8440CC

split-complementary

#CC4042 #40CC84 #4088CC

monochromatic

#731F20 #A32C2D #CC4042 #D97072 #E6A1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CC4042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CC4042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4042

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4042	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.177 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37d76',
    500: '#cc4042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4042;
$custom-light: #e37d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57417,
    "c": 0.17661,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4042

secondary

#95D2D1

accent

#E1DF47

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4042

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

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