#CC4E42#CC4E42

#CC4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.163 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4E42
RGB	rgb(204, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 49.26, 33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 59.44, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.143 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.163 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6125, 18.6834, 7.2528)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4E42 #42C0CC

analogous

#CC427B #CC4E42 #CC9342

triadic

#CC4E42 #42CC4E #4E42CC

tetradic

#CC4E42 #7BCC42 #42C0CC #9342CC

square

#CC4E42 #7BCC42 #42C0CC #9342CC

split-complementary

#CC4E42 #42CC93 #427BCC

monochromatic

#74271F #A4372C #CC4E42 #D97B72 #E6A8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CC4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CC4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4E42

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4E42	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.163 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38577',
    500: '#cc4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4e42;
$custom-light: #e38577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59051,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4E42

secondary

#97CED3

accent

#D3E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4E42

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

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