#CC4542#CC4542

#CC4542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.172 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4542
RGB	rgb(204, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 53.13, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 61.78, 30.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1551 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.172 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0163, 17.4909, 7.0540)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4542 #42C9CC

analogous

#CC4284 #CC4542 #CC8A42

triadic

#CC4542 #42CC45 #4542CC

tetradic

#CC4542 #84CC42 #42C9CC #8A42CC

square

#CC4542 #84CC42 #42C9CC #8A42CC

split-complementary

#CC4542 #42CC8A #4284CC

monochromatic

#74211F #A42F2C #CC4542 #D97472 #E6A4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#CC4542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#CC4542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4542

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4542	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.172 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38076',
    500: '#cc4542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4542;
$custom-light: #e38076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57968,
    "c": 0.17167,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4542

secondary

#97D1D3

accent

#DDE147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4542

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

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