#CC495C#CC495C

#CC495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.166 H 15.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC495C
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 54.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 53.17, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 55.97, 18.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.1599 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.166 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2187, 18.3790, 12.1320)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC495C #49CCB9

analogous

#CC499D #CC495C #CC7849

triadic

#CC495C #5CCC49 #495CCC

tetradic

#CC495C #9DCC49 #49CCB9 #7849CC

square

#CC495C #9DCC49 #49CCB9 #7849CC

split-complementary

#CC495C #49CC78 #499DCC

monochromatic

#79222E #A92F41 #CC495C #D97987 #E7A9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CC495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CC495C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC495C

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC495C	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.166 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1828a',
    500: '#cc495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc495c;
$custom-light: #e1828a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.298,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58926,
    "c": 0.16571,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC495C

secondary

#9DD4CC

accent

#E0CA48

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC495C

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

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