#CC4249#CC4249

#CC4249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.174 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4249
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 54.75, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 61.04, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1616 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.174 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0555, 17.2188, 8.1483)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4249 #42CCC5

analogous

#CC428E #CC4249 #CC8042

triadic

#CC4249 #49CC42 #4249CC

tetradic

#CC4249 #8ECC42 #42CCC5 #8042CC

square

#CC4249 #8ECC42 #42CCC5 #8042CC

split-complementary

#CC4249 #42CC80 #428ECC

monochromatic

#741F24 #A42C32 #CC4249 #D97277 #E6A2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#CC4249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CC4249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4249

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4249	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)

#676148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.174 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e7b',
    500: '#cc4249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4249;
$custom-light: #e37e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5775,
    "c": 0.17393,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4249

secondary

#97D3D0

accent

#E1D947

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4249

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

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