#CC493B#CC493B

#CC493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.169 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC493B
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 51.09, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 62.59, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1473 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.169 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0768, 17.9222, 6.1177)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC493B #3BBECC

analogous

#CC3B76 #CC493B #CC923B

triadic

#CC493B #3BCC49 #493BCC

tetradic

#CC493B #76CC3B #3BBECC #923BCC

square

#CC493B #76CC3B #3BBECC #923BCC

split-complementary

#CC493B #3BCC92 #3B76CC

monochromatic

#70251D #A0352A #CC493B #D9766C #E5A39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#CC493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#CC493B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC493B

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC493B	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)

#6D6339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.169 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38271',
    500: '#cc493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc493b;
$custom-light: #e38271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.793,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58334,
    "c": 0.16885,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC493B

secondary

#92CBD1

accent

#D3E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC493B

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

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