#CC4243#CC4243

#CC4243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.175 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4243
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(360, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 54.40, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 62.33, 29.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1594 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.175 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8661, 17.1430, 7.1507)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4243 #42CCCB

analogous

#CC4288 #CC4243 #CC8642

triadic

#CC4243 #43CC42 #4243CC

tetradic

#CC4243 #88CC42 #42CCCB #8642CC

square

#CC4243 #88CC42 #42CCCB #8642CC

split-complementary

#CC4243 #42CC86 #4288CC

monochromatic

#741F20 #A42C2D #CC4243 #D97273 #E6A2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CC4243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CC4243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4243

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4243	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.175 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e77',
    500: '#cc4243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4243;
$custom-light: #e37e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57649,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4243

secondary

#97D3D2

accent

#E1E047

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4243

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

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