#CC4242#CC4242

#CC4242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.175 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4242
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 54.35, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 62.56, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.159 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.175 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8364, 17.1312, 6.9941)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4242 #42CCCC

analogous

#CC4287 #CC4242 #CC8742

triadic

#CC4242 #42CC42 #4242CC

tetradic

#CC4242 #87CC42 #42CCCC #8742CC

square

#CC4242 #87CC42 #42CCCC #8742CC

split-complementary

#CC4242 #42CC87 #4287CC

monochromatic

#741F1F #A42C2C #CC4242 #D97272 #E6A2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CC4242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CC4242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4242

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4242	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.175 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e76',
    500: '#cc4242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4242;
$custom-light: #e37e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57633,
    "c": 0.17464,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4242

secondary

#97D3D3

accent

#E1E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4242

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

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