#CC472D#CC472D

#CC472D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.173 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC472D
RGB	rgb(204, 71, 45)
HSL	hsl(10, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 51.36, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 67.14, 40.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1454 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.173 33)
XYZ	xyz(27.6318, 17.5373, 4.4122)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC472D #2DB2CC

analogous

#CC2D63 #CC472D #CC972D

triadic

#CC472D #2DCC47 #472DCC

tetradic

#CC472D #63CC2D #2DB2CC #972DCC

square

#CC472D #63CC2D #2DB2CC #972DCC

split-complementary

#CC472D #2DCC97 #2D63CC

monochromatic

#682417 #9A3622 #CC472D #DB705B #E69C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#CC472D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#CC472D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC472D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC472D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC472D	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc472d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 71, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.173 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48168',
    500: '#cc472d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc472d;
$custom-light: #e48168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc472d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.811,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57931,
    "c": 0.17348,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.17533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC472D

secondary

#85C4D0

accent

#CCE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC472D

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

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