#CC4C42#CC4C42

#CC4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.165 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4C42
RGB	rgb(204, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 50.15, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 59.96, 33.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1457 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.165 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4725, 18.4035, 7.2061)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4C42 #42C2CC

analogous

#CC427D #CC4C42 #CC9142

triadic

#CC4C42 #42CC4C #4C42CC

tetradic

#CC4C42 #7DCC42 #42C2CC #9142CC

square

#CC4C42 #7DCC42 #42C2CC #9142CC

split-complementary

#CC4C42 #42CC91 #427DCC

monochromatic

#74261F #A4352C #CC4C42 #D97A72 #E6A7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CC4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CC4C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4C42

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4C42	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)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.165 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38477',
    500: '#cc4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4c42;
$custom-light: #e38477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58801,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4C42

secondary

#97CED3

accent

#D6E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4C42

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

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