#CC453F#CC453F

#CC453F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.172 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC453F
RGB	rgb(204, 69, 63)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 69.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 52.98, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 62.52, 32.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.154 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.172 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9301, 17.4565, 6.6004)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC453F #3FC6CC

analogous

#CC3F80 #CC453F #CC8B3F

triadic

#CC453F #3FCC45 #453FCC

tetradic

#CC453F #80CC3F #3FC6CC #8B3FCC

square

#CC453F #80CC3F #3FC6CC #8B3FCC

split-complementary

#CC453F #3FCC8B #3F80CC

monochromatic

#72221E #A3302B #CC453F #D9746F #E6A3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#CC453F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#CC453F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC453F

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC453F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC453F	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc453f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 69, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.172 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38074',
    500: '#cc453f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc453f;
$custom-light: #e38074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc453f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.553,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57923,
    "c": 0.17211,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC453F

secondary

#95CFD2

accent

#DBE147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC453F

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

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