#CC494D#CC494D

#CC494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.166 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC494D
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 62.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 52.10, 26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 58.26, 26.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.154 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.166 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6267, 18.1422, 9.0141)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC494D #49CCC8

analogous

#CC498F #CC494D #CC8749

triadic

#CC494D #4DCC49 #494DCC

tetradic

#CC494D #8FCC49 #49CCC8 #8749CC

square

#CC494D #8FCC49 #49CCC8 #8749CC

split-complementary

#CC494D #49CC87 #498FCC

monochromatic

#792224 #A92F33 #CC494D #D9797C #E7A9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CC494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#CC494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC494D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC494D	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C804A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.166 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2827e',
    500: '#cc494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc494d;
$custom-light: #e2827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.168,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5862,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC494D

secondary

#9DD4D2

accent

#E0DB48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC494D

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

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