#CC442D#CC442D

#CC442D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.176 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC442D
RGB	rgb(204, 68, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 52.61, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 67.80, 39.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1493 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.176 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4457, 17.1651, 4.3501)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC442D #2DB5CC

analogous

#CC2D66 #CC442D #CC942D

triadic

#CC442D #2DCC44 #442DCC

tetradic

#CC442D #66CC2D #2DB5CC #942DCC

square

#CC442D #66CC2D #2DB5CC #942DCC

split-complementary

#CC442D #2DCC94 #2D66CC

monochromatic

#682317 #9A3322 #CC442D #DB6E5B #E69A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CC442D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CC442D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC442D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC442D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC442D	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)

#6B6029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc442d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 68, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.176 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47f68',
    500: '#cc442d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc442d;
$custom-light: #e47f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc442d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.679,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57583,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC442D

secondary

#85C5D0

accent

#CFE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC442D

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

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