#CC4A51#CC4A51

#CC4A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.165 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4A51
RGB	rgb(204, 74, 81)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 51.94, 23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 57.21, 24.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1542 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.165 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8385, 18.3329, 9.8030)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4A51 #4ACCC5

analogous

#CC4A92 #CC4A51 #CC844A

triadic

#CC4A51 #51CC4A #4A51CC

tetradic

#CC4A51 #92CC4A #4ACCC5 #844ACC

square

#CC4A51 #92CC4A #4ACCC5 #844ACC

split-complementary

#CC4A51 #4ACC84 #4A92CC

monochromatic

#792227 #A93036 #CC4A51 #D97A7F #E7A9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#CC4A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#CC4A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4A51

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4A51	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF2F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 74, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.165 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28381',
    500: '#cc4a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4a51;
$custom-light: #e28381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.769,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58815,
    "c": 0.1648,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4A51

secondary

#9DD4D1

accent

#DFD748

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4A51

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

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