#CC4248#CC4248

#CC4248 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.174 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4248
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 72)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 54.69, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 61.24, 26.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1612 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.174 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0226, 17.2057, 7.9751)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4248 #42CCC6

analogous

#CC428D #CC4248 #CC8142

triadic

#CC4248 #48CC42 #4248CC

tetradic

#CC4248 #8DCC42 #42CCC6 #8142CC

square

#CC4248 #8DCC42 #42CCC6 #8142CC

split-complementary

#CC4248 #42CC81 #428DCC

monochromatic

#741F23 #A42C32 #CC4248 #D97277 #E6A2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#CC4248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CC4248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4248

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4248	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.174 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e7b',
    500: '#cc4248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4248;
$custom-light: #e37e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57733,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4248

secondary

#97D3D0

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4248

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

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