#CC453A#CC453A

#CC453A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.173 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC453A
RGB	rgb(204, 69, 58)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 52.73, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 63.84, 34.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1523 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.173 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7967, 17.4031, 5.8976)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC453A #3AC1CC

analogous

#CC3A78 #CC453A #CC8E3A

triadic

#CC453A #3ACC45 #453ACC

tetradic

#CC453A #78CC3A #3AC1CC #8E3ACC

square

#CC453A #78CC3A #3AC1CC #8E3ACC

split-complementary

#CC453A #3ACC8E #3A78CC

monochromatic

#6F231D #A03229 #CC453A #D9736B #E5A19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#CC453A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#CC453A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC453A

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC453A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC453A	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc453a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 69, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.173 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48071',
    500: '#cc453a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc453a;
$custom-light: #e48071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc453a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.521,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57852,
    "c": 0.1729,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC453A

secondary

#91CCD1

accent

#D6E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC453A

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

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