#CC4A50#CC4A50

#CC4A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.165 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4A50
RGB	rgb(204, 74, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 51.87, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 57.39, 25.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1538 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.165 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8013, 18.3180, 9.6070)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4A50 #4ACCC6

analogous

#CC4A91 #CC4A50 #CC854A

triadic

#CC4A50 #50CC4A #4A50CC

tetradic

#CC4A50 #91CC4A #4ACCC6 #854ACC

square

#CC4A50 #91CC4A #4ACCC6 #854ACC

split-complementary

#CC4A50 #4ACC85 #4A91CC

monochromatic

#792226 #A93035 #CC4A50 #D97A7E #E7A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#CC4A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CC4A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4A50

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4A50	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 74, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.165 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28381',
    500: '#cc4a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4a50;
$custom-light: #e28381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58796,
    "c": 0.16487,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4A50

secondary

#9DD4D2

accent

#DFD848

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4A50

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

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