#CC4342#CC4342

#CC4342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.174 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4342
RGB	rgb(204, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 53.95, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 62.30, 30.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1577 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.174 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8953, 17.2490, 7.0137)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4342 #42CBCC

analogous

#CC4286 #CC4342 #CC8842

triadic

#CC4342 #42CC43 #4342CC

tetradic

#CC4342 #86CC42 #42CBCC #8842CC

square

#CC4342 #86CC42 #42CBCC #8842CC

split-complementary

#CC4342 #42CC88 #4286CC

monochromatic

#74201F #A42D2C #CC4342 #D97372 #E6A3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#CC4342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#CC4342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4342

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4342	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.174 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f76',
    500: '#cc4342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4342;
$custom-light: #e37f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57743,
    "c": 0.17366,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4342

secondary

#97D2D3

accent

#E0E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4342

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

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