#CC4442#CC4442

#CC4442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.173 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4442
RGB	rgb(204, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 53.54, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 62.04, 30.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1564 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.173 25)
XYZ	xyz(27.9553, 17.3690, 7.0337)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4442 #42CACC

analogous

#CC4285 #CC4442 #CC8942

triadic

#CC4442 #42CC44 #4442CC

tetradic

#CC4442 #85CC42 #42CACC #8942CC

square

#CC4442 #85CC42 #42CACC #8942CC

split-complementary

#CC4442 #42CC89 #4285CC

monochromatic

#74211F #A42E2C #CC4442 #D97472 #E6A3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#CC4442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#CC4442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4442

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4442	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.173 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f76',
    500: '#cc4442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4442;
$custom-light: #e37f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57855,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.17365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4442

secondary

#97D2D3

accent

#DFE147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4442

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

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