#CC4D42#CC4D42

#CC4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.164 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4D42
RGB	rgb(204, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 49.71, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 59.70, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.1444 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.164 28)
XYZ	xyz(28.5420, 18.5424, 7.2293)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4D42 #42C1CC

analogous

#CC427C #CC4D42 #CC9242

triadic

#CC4D42 #42CC4D #4D42CC

tetradic

#CC4D42 #7CCC42 #42C1CC #9242CC

square

#CC4D42 #7CCC42 #42C1CC #9242CC

split-complementary

#CC4D42 #42CC92 #427CCC

monochromatic

#74261F #A4362C #CC4D42 #D97A72 #E6A8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#CC4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#CC4D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4D42

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4D42	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.164 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38477',
    500: '#cc4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4d42;
$custom-light: #e38477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.783,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58925,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.18538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4D42

secondary

#97CED3

accent

#D4E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4D42

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

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