#CC4259#CC4259

#CC4259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.174 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4259
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 55.82, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 58.58, 17.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1678 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.174 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6559, 17.4590, 11.3102)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4259 #42CCB5

analogous

#CC429E #CC4259 #CC7042

triadic

#CC4259 #59CC42 #4259CC

tetradic

#CC4259 #9ECC42 #42CCB5 #7042CC

square

#CC4259 #9ECC42 #42CCB5 #7042CC

split-complementary

#CC4259 #42CC70 #429ECC

monochromatic

#741F2E #A42C40 #CC4259 #D97283 #E6A2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#CC4259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#CC4259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4259

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4259	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.174 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27f87',
    500: '#cc4259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4259;
$custom-light: #e27f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5807,
    "c": 0.17355,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4259

secondary

#97D3C9

accent

#E1C747

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4259

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

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