#CC424A#CC424A

#CC424A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.174 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC424A
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 74)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 63.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 54.81, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 60.84, 25.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.162 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.174 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0889, 17.2322, 8.3243)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC424A #42CCC4

analogous

#CC428F #CC424A #CC7F42

triadic

#CC424A #4ACC42 #424ACC

tetradic

#CC424A #8FCC42 #42CCC4 #7F42CC

square

#CC424A #8FCC42 #42CCC4 #7F42CC

split-complementary

#CC424A #42CC7F #428FCC

monochromatic

#741F24 #A42C33 #CC424A #D97278 #E6A2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#CC424A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#CC424A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC424A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC424A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC424A	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc424a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.174 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e7c',
    500: '#cc424a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc424a;
$custom-light: #e37e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc424a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57768,
    "c": 0.17385,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC424A

secondary

#97D3CF

accent

#E1D847

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC424A

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

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