#CC5048#CC5048

#CC5048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.159 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5048
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 48.71, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 57.38, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.1424 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.159 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9430, 19.0464, 8.2819)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5048 #48C4CC

analogous

#CC4882 #CC5048 #CC9248

triadic

#CC5048 #48CC50 #5048CC

tetradic

#CC5048 #82CC48 #48C4CC #9248CC

square

#CC5048 #82CC48 #48C4CC #9248CC

split-complementary

#CC5048 #48CC92 #4882CC

monochromatic

#782721 #A8362F #CC5048 #D97E78 #E7ACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CC5048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CC5048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5048

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5048	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.159 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2867b',
    500: '#cc5048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5048;
$custom-light: #e2867b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.636,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59401,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5048

secondary

#9CD1D4

accent

#D7E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5048

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

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