#CC453B#CC453B

#CC453B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.173 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC453B
RGB	rgb(204, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 52.78, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 63.57, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1526 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.173 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8224, 17.4134, 6.0329)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC453B #3BC2CC

analogous

#CC3B7A #CC453B #CC8E3B

triadic

#CC453B #3BCC45 #453BCC

tetradic

#CC453B #7ACC3B #3BC2CC #8E3BCC

square

#CC453B #7ACC3B #3BC2CC #8E3BCC

split-complementary

#CC453B #3BCC8E #3B7ACC

monochromatic

#70231D #A0322A #CC453B #D9736C #E5A19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#CC453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#CC453B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC453B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC453B	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)

#6B6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.173 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38071',
    500: '#cc453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc453b;
$custom-light: #e38071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57865,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC453B

secondary

#92CDD1

accent

#D7E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC453B

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

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