#CC493A#CC493A

#CC493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.169 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC493A
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 51.05, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 62.87, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.147 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.169 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0511, 17.9119, 5.9824)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC493A #3ABDCC

analogous

#CC3A74 #CC493A #CC923A

triadic

#CC493A #3ACC49 #493ACC

tetradic

#CC493A #74CC3A #3ABDCC #923ACC

square

#CC493A #74CC3A #3ABDCC #923ACC

split-complementary

#CC493A #3ACC92 #3A74CC

monochromatic

#6F251D #A03529 #CC493A #D9766B #E5A39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#CC493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#CC493A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC493A

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC493A	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.169 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38271',
    500: '#cc493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc493a;
$custom-light: #e38271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.164,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58321,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC493A

secondary

#91CAD1

accent

#D2E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC493A

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

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