#CC4257#CC4257

#CC4257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.173 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4257
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, 55.67, 18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 58.80, 18.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1671 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.174 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5730, 17.4258, 10.8739)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4257 #42CCB7

analogous

#CC429C #CC4257 #CC7242

triadic

#CC4257 #57CC42 #4257CC

tetradic

#CC4257 #9CCC42 #42CCB7 #7242CC

square

#CC4257 #9CCC42 #42CCB7 #7242CC

split-complementary

#CC4257 #42CC72 #429CCC

monochromatic

#741F2C #A42C3F #CC4257 #D97282 #E6A2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#CC4257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#CC4257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4257

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4257	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.173 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f86',
    500: '#cc4257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4257;
$custom-light: #e27f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58026,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4257

secondary

#97D3CA

accent

#E1C947

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4257

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

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