#CC4252#CC4252

#CC4252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.173 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4252
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 82)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 59.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 55.32, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 59.46, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1651 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.173 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3758, 17.3469, 9.8351)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4252 #42CCBC

analogous

#CC4297 #CC4252 #CC7742

triadic

#CC4252 #52CC42 #4252CC

tetradic

#CC4252 #97CC42 #42CCBC #7742CC

square

#CC4252 #97CC42 #42CCBC #7742CC

split-complementary

#CC4252 #42CC77 #4297CC

monochromatic

#741F29 #A42C3A #CC4252 #D9727E #E6A2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#CC4252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#CC4252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4252

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4252	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.173 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f82',
    500: '#cc4252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4252;
$custom-light: #e27f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57921,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4252

secondary

#97D3CC

accent

#E1CF47

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4252

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

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