#CC4245#CC4245

#CC4245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.174 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4245
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 54.51, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 61.88, 28.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1601 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.174 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9271, 17.1675, 7.4722)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4245 #42CCC9

analogous

#CC428A #CC4245 #CC8442

triadic

#CC4245 #45CC42 #4245CC

tetradic

#CC4245 #8ACC42 #42CCC9 #8442CC

square

#CC4245 #8ACC42 #42CCC9 #8442CC

split-complementary

#CC4245 #42CC84 #428ACC

monochromatic

#741F21 #A42C2F #CC4245 #D97274 #E6A2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CC4245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CC4245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4245

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4245	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)

#686044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.174 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e78',
    500: '#cc4245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4245;
$custom-light: #e37e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57681,
    "c": 0.1743,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4245

secondary

#97D3D1

accent

#E1DD47

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4245

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

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