#CC442C#CC442C

#CC442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.176 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC442C
RGB	rgb(204, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 52.57, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 68.10, 39.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.149 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.176 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4267, 17.1575, 4.2499)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC442C #2CB4CC

analogous

#CC2C64 #CC442C #CC942C

triadic

#CC442C #2CCC44 #442CCC

tetradic

#CC442C #64CC2C #2CB4CC #942CCC

square

#CC442C #64CC2C #2CB4CC #942CCC

split-complementary

#CC442C #2CCC94 #2C64CC

monochromatic

#672216 #9A3321 #CC442C #DB6D5A #E69A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CC442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CC442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC442C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC442C	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.176 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47f67',
    500: '#cc442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc442c;
$custom-light: #e47f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57573,
    "c": 0.17638,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC442C

secondary

#83C5D0

accent

#CEE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC442C

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

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