#CC495D#CC495D

#CC495D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.166 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC495D
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 93)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 54.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 53.25, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 55.87, 17.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1603 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.166 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2627, 18.3966, 12.3638)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC495D #49CCB8

analogous

#CC499E #CC495D #CC7749

triadic

#CC495D #5DCC49 #495DCC

tetradic

#CC495D #9ECC49 #49CCB8 #7749CC

square

#CC495D #9ECC49 #49CCB8 #7749CC

split-complementary

#CC495D #49CC77 #499ECC

monochromatic

#79222F #A92F42 #CC495D #D97988 #E7A9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CC495D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CC495D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC495D

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC495D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC495D	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)

#68665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc495d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.166 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1838a',
    500: '#cc495d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc495d;
$custom-light: #e1838a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc495d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.84,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58948,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC495D

secondary

#9DD4CC

accent

#E0C848

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC495D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →