#CC422D#CC422D

#CC422D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.178 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC422D
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 45)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 53.42, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 68.24, 38.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1518 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.178 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3268, 16.9273, 4.3105)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC422D #2DB7CC

analogous

#CC2D67 #CC422D #CC922D

triadic

#CC422D #2DCC42 #422DCC

tetradic

#CC422D #67CC2D #2DB7CC #922DCC

square

#CC422D #67CC2D #2DB7CC #922DCC

split-complementary

#CC422D #2DCC92 #2D67CC

monochromatic

#682217 #9A3222 #CC422D #DB6C5B #E6998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CC422D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CC422D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC422D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC422D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC422D	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)

#6A5F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1143E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc422d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.178 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e67',
    500: '#cc422d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc422d;
$custom-light: #e47e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc422d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57359,
    "c": 0.178,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC422D

secondary

#85C6D0

accent

#D1E741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC422D

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

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