#CC4A42#CC4A42

#CC4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.167 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4A42
RGB	rgb(204, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 51.02, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 60.48, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.1485 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.167 27)
XYZ	xyz(28.3369, 18.1322, 7.1609)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4A42 #42C4CC

analogous

#CC427F #CC4A42 #CC8F42

triadic

#CC4A42 #42CC4A #4A42CC

tetradic

#CC4A42 #7FCC42 #42C4CC #8F42CC

square

#CC4A42 #7FCC42 #42C4CC #8F42CC

split-complementary

#CC4A42 #42CC8F #427FCC

monochromatic

#74241F #A4332C #CC4A42 #D97872 #E6A6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CC4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#CC4A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4A42

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4A42	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)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.167 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38376',
    500: '#cc4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4a42;
$custom-light: #e38376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58556,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.18128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4A42

secondary

#97CFD3

accent

#D8E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4A42

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

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