#CC4950#CC4950

#CC4950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.166 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4950
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 52.30, 24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 57.69, 24.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1552 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.166 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7351, 18.1855, 9.5849)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4950 #49CCC5

analogous

#CC4992 #CC4950 #CC8449

triadic

#CC4950 #50CC49 #4950CC

tetradic

#CC4950 #92CC49 #49CCC5 #8449CC

square

#CC4950 #92CC49 #49CCC5 #8449CC

split-complementary

#CC4950 #49CC84 #4992CC

monochromatic

#792226 #A92F36 #CC4950 #D9797E #E7A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#CC4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CC4950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4950

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4950	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.166 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28281',
    500: '#cc4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4950;
$custom-light: #e28281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58676,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4950

secondary

#9DD4D1

accent

#E0D748

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4950

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

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