#CC424D#CC424D

#CC424D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.174 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC424D
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 77)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 62.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 54.99, 24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 60.28, 24.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1632 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.174 20)
XYZ	xyz(28.1924, 17.2736, 8.8693)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC424D #42CCC1

analogous

#CC4292 #CC424D #CC7C42

triadic

#CC424D #4DCC42 #424DCC

tetradic

#CC424D #92CC42 #42CCC1 #7C42CC

square

#CC424D #92CC42 #42CCC1 #7C42CC

split-complementary

#CC424D #42CC7C #4292CC

monochromatic

#741F26 #A42C36 #CC424D #D9727A #E6A2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CC424D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#CC424D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC424D

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC424D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC424D	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc424d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.174 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e7e',
    500: '#cc424d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc424d;
$custom-light: #e37e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc424d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57823,
    "c": 0.17365,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.1727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC424D

secondary

#97D3CE

accent

#E1D447

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC424D

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

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