#CC4942#CC4942

#CC4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.168 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4942
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 51.45, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 60.74, 32.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1498 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.168 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2707, 17.9998, 7.1388)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4942 #42C5CC

analogous

#CC4280 #CC4942 #CC8E42

triadic

#CC4942 #42CC49 #4942CC

tetradic

#CC4942 #80CC42 #42C5CC #8E42CC

square

#CC4942 #80CC42 #42C5CC #8E42CC

split-complementary

#CC4942 #42CC8E #4280CC

monochromatic

#74241F #A4322C #CC4942 #D97772 #E6A6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#CC4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#CC4942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4942

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4942	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.168 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38276',
    500: '#cc4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4942;
$custom-light: #e38276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58435,
    "c": 0.16763,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4942

secondary

#97D0D3

accent

#D9E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4942

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

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