#CC4043#CC4043

#CC4043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.176 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4043
RGB	rgb(204, 64, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 55.19, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 62.85, 28.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1619 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.176 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7513, 16.9134, 7.1124)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4043 #40CCC9

analogous

#CC4089 #CC4043 #CC8340

triadic

#CC4043 #43CC40 #4043CC

tetradic

#CC4043 #89CC40 #40CCC9 #8340CC

square

#CC4043 #89CC40 #40CCC9 #8340CC

split-complementary

#CC4043 #40CC83 #4089CC

monochromatic

#731F20 #A32C2E #CC4043 #D97073 #E6A1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CC4043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CC4043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4043

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4043	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)

#675F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 64, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.176 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37d77',
    500: '#cc4043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4043;
$custom-light: #e37d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57433,
    "c": 0.17649,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4043

secondary

#95D2D1

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4043

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

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