#CC4F42#CC4F42

#CC4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.162 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4F42
RGB	rgb(204, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 48.81, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 59.18, 34.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1416 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.162 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6841, 18.8266, 7.2766)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4F42 #42BFCC

analogous

#CC427A #CC4F42 #CC9442

triadic

#CC4F42 #42CC4F #4F42CC

tetradic

#CC4F42 #7ACC42 #42BFCC #9442CC

square

#CC4F42 #7ACC42 #42BFCC #9442CC

split-complementary

#CC4F42 #42CC94 #427ACC

monochromatic

#74271F #A4382C #CC4F42 #D97C72 #E6A9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#CC4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#CC4F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4F42

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4F42	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.162 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38577',
    500: '#cc4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4f42;
$custom-light: #e38577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59178,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4F42

secondary

#97CDD3

accent

#D2E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4F42

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

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