#CC4A49#CC4A49

#CC4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.166 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4A49
RGB	rgb(204, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 51.42, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 58.81, 29.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1511 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.166 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5560, 18.2199, 8.3151)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4A49 #49CBCC

analogous

#CC498A #CC4A49 #CC8C49

triadic

#CC4A49 #49CC4A #4A49CC

tetradic

#CC4A49 #8ACC49 #49CBCC #8C49CC

square

#CC4A49 #8ACC49 #49CBCC #8C49CC

split-complementary

#CC4A49 #49CC8C #498ACC

monochromatic

#792322 #A9302F #CC4A49 #D97A79 #E7A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#CC4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CC4A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4A49

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4A49	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#6C6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.166 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2837c',
    500: '#cc4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4a49;
$custom-light: #e2837c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.458,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58669,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4A49

secondary

#9DD4D4

accent

#DEE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4A49

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

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