#CC4244#CC4244

#CC4244 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.174 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4244
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 68)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 54.46, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 62.10, 28.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1597 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.174 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8964, 17.1552, 7.3101)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4244 #42CCCA

analogous

#CC4289 #CC4244 #CC8542

triadic

#CC4244 #44CC42 #4244CC

tetradic

#CC4244 #89CC42 #42CCCA #8542CC

square

#CC4244 #89CC42 #42CCCA #8542CC

split-complementary

#CC4244 #42CC85 #4289CC

monochromatic

#741F21 #A42C2E #CC4244 #D97274 #E6A2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CC4244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CC4244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4244

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4244	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)

#686043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.174 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e78',
    500: '#cc4244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4244;
$custom-light: #e37e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57665,
    "c": 0.17441,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4244

secondary

#97D3D2

accent

#E1DF47

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4244

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

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