#CC4850#CC4850

#CC4850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.167 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4850
RGB	rgb(204, 72, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 52.73, 24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 57.99, 24.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1565 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.167 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6699, 18.0552, 9.5632)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4850 #48CCC4

analogous

#CC4892 #CC4850 #CC8248

triadic

#CC4850 #50CC48 #4850CC

tetradic

#CC4850 #92CC48 #48CCC4 #8248CC

square

#CC4850 #92CC48 #48CCC4 #8248CC

split-complementary

#CC4850 #48CC82 #4892CC

monochromatic

#782127 #A82F36 #CC4850 #D9787E #E7A8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CC4850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#CC4850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4850

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4850	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 72, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.167 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28281',
    500: '#cc4850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4850;
$custom-light: #e28281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58558,
    "c": 0.16707,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4850

secondary

#9CD4D1

accent

#E0D748

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4850

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

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