#CC4E50#CC4E50

#CC4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.160 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4E50
RGB	rgb(204, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 50.12, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 56.19, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1483 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.16 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0769, 18.8692, 9.6988)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4E50 #4ECCCA

analogous

#CC4E8F #CC4E50 #CC8B4E

triadic

#CC4E50 #50CC4E #4E50CC

tetradic

#CC4E50 #8FCC4E #4ECCCA #8B4ECC

square

#CC4E50 #8FCC4E #4ECCCA #8B4ECC

split-complementary

#CC4E50 #4ECC8B #4E8FCC

monochromatic

#7C2425 #AB3133 #CC4E50 #DA7E7F #E7ADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CC4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CC4E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4E50

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4E50	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E824D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.160 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28581',
    500: '#cc4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4e50;
$custom-light: #e28581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.048,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59287,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4E50

secondary

#A1D5D4

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4E50

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

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