#CC4949#CC4949

#CC4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.167 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4949
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, 51.85, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 59.09, 28.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1525 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.167 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4898, 18.0874, 8.2931)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4949 #49CCCC

analogous

#CC498B #CC4949 #CC8B49

triadic

#CC4949 #49CC49 #4949CC

tetradic

#CC4949 #8BCC49 #49CCCC #8B49CC

square

#CC4949 #8BCC49 #49CCCC #8B49CC

split-complementary

#CC4949 #49CC8B #498BCC

monochromatic

#792222 #A92F2F #CC4949 #D97979 #E7A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#CC4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#CC4949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4949

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4949	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.167 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3827c',
    500: '#cc4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4949;
$custom-light: #e3827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58549,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4949

secondary

#9DD4D4

accent

#E0E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4949

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

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