#CC452C#CC452C

#CC452C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.175 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC452C
RGB	rgb(204, 69, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 78.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 52.16, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 67.88, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1477 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.175 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4877, 17.2795, 4.2703)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC452C #2CB3CC

analogous

#CC2C63 #CC452C #CC952C

triadic

#CC452C #2CCC45 #452CCC

tetradic

#CC452C #63CC2C #2CB3CC #952CCC

square

#CC452C #63CC2C #2CB3CC #952CCC

split-complementary

#CC452C #2CCC95 #2C63CC

monochromatic

#672316 #9A3421 #CC452C #DB6E5A #E69A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CC452C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CC452C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC452C

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC452C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC452C	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc452c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 69, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.175 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47f67',
    500: '#cc452c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc452c;
$custom-light: #e47f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc452c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57687,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC452C

secondary

#83C4D0

accent

#CDE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC452C

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

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