#CC482B#CC482B

#CC482B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.173 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC482B
RGB	rgb(204, 72, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 78.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 50.86, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 67.53, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1435 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.173 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6583, 17.6505, 4.2355)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC482B #2BAFCC

analogous

#CC2B5F #CC482B #CC982B

triadic

#CC482B #2BCC48 #482BCC

tetradic

#CC482B #5FCC2B #2BAFCC #982BCC

square

#CC482B #5FCC2B #2BAFCC #982BCC

split-complementary

#CC482B #2BCC98 #2B5FCC

monochromatic

#672416 #993620 #CC482B #DC7058 #E79B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#CC482B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#CC482B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC482B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC482B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC482B	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc482b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 72, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.173 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48166',
    500: '#cc482b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc482b;
$custom-light: #e48166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc482b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.807,
    "s": 65.182,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5803,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC482B

secondary

#82C2D0

accent

#CAE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC482B

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

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