#CC4F50#CC4F50

#CC4F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.159 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4F50
RGB	rgb(204, 79, 80)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(360, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 49.67, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 55.89, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1469 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.159 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1485, 19.0123, 9.7227)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4F50 #4FCCCB

analogous

#CC4F8E #CC4F50 #CC8C4F

triadic

#CC4F50 #50CC4F #4F50CC

tetradic

#CC4F50 #8ECC4F #4FCCCB #8C4FCC

square

#CC4F50 #8ECC4F #4FCCCB #8C4FCC

split-complementary

#CC4F50 #4FCC8C #4F8ECC

monochromatic

#7D2425 #AC3233 #CC4F50 #DA7E7F #E7AEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CC4F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CC4F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4F50

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4F50	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 79, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.159 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28681',
    500: '#cc4f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4f50;
$custom-light: #e28681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.52,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59413,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4F50

secondary

#A1D5D5

accent

#DEDD49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4F50

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

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