#CC4945#CC4945

#CC4945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.167 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4945
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 51.62, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 60.00, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.151 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.167 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3614, 18.0361, 7.6169)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4945 #45C8CC

analogous

#CC4584 #CC4945 #CC8C45

triadic

#CC4945 #45CC49 #4945CC

tetradic

#CC4945 #84CC45 #45C8CC #8C45CC

square

#CC4945 #84CC45 #45C8CC #8C45CC

split-complementary

#CC4945 #45CC8C #4584CC

monochromatic

#762320 #A6312E #CC4945 #D97875 #E6A7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CC4945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#CC4945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4945

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4945	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)

#6C6444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.167 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38279',
    500: '#cc4945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4945;
$custom-light: #e38279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58483,
    "c": 0.16718,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4945

secondary

#99D2D3

accent

#DCE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4945

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

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