#CC4250#CC4250

#CC4250 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.174 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4250
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 80)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 55.19, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 59.77, 22.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1643 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.174 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3008, 17.3169, 9.4401)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4250 #42CCBE

analogous

#CC4295 #CC4250 #CC7942

triadic

#CC4250 #50CC42 #4250CC

tetradic

#CC4250 #95CC42 #42CCBE #7942CC

square

#CC4250 #95CC42 #42CCBE #7942CC

split-complementary

#CC4250 #42CC79 #4295CC

monochromatic

#741F28 #A42C39 #CC4250 #D9727D #E6A2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CC4250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CC4250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4250

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4250	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.174 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f81',
    500: '#cc4250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4250;
$custom-light: #e27f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57881,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4250

secondary

#97D3CD

accent

#E1D147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4250

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

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