#CC423E#CC423E

#CC423E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.175 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC423E
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 62)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 54.14, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 63.53, 31.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1575 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.175 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7225, 17.0856, 6.3946)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC423E #3EC8CC

analogous

#CC3E81 #CC423E #CC893E

triadic

#CC423E #3ECC42 #423ECC

tetradic

#CC423E #81CC3E #3EC8CC #893ECC

square

#CC423E #81CC3E #3EC8CC #893ECC

split-complementary

#CC423E #3ECC89 #3E81CC

monochromatic

#72201E #A22E2B #CC423E #D9716E #E6A19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#CC423E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CC423E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC423E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC423E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC423E	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc423e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.175 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e73',
    500: '#cc423e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc423e;
$custom-light: #e37e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc423e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57572,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC423E

secondary

#94D0D2

accent

#DDE146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC423E

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

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