#CC482C#CC482C

#CC482C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.173 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC482C
RGB	rgb(204, 72, 44)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 78.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 50.90, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 67.23, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1438 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.173 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6769, 17.6580, 4.3334)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC482C #2CB0CC

analogous

#CC2C60 #CC482C #CC982C

triadic

#CC482C #2CCC48 #482CCC

tetradic

#CC482C #60CC2C #2CB0CC #982CCC

square

#CC482C #60CC2C #2CB0CC #982CCC

split-complementary

#CC482C #2CCC98 #2C60CC

monochromatic

#672416 #9A3621 #CC482C #DB705A #E69C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#CC482C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#CC482C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC482C

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC482C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC482C	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc482c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 72, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.173 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48167',
    500: '#cc482c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc482c;
$custom-light: #e48167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc482c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58039,
    "c": 0.17278,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC482C

secondary

#83C3D0

accent

#CAE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC482C

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

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