#CC5049#CC5049

#CC5049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.159 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5049
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 48.77, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 57.14, 31.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1427 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.159 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9759, 19.0596, 8.4551)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5049 #49C5CC

analogous

#CC4984 #CC5049 #CC9249

triadic

#CC5049 #49CC50 #5049CC

tetradic

#CC5049 #84CC49 #49C5CC #9249CC

square

#CC5049 #84CC49 #49C5CC #9249CC

split-complementary

#CC5049 #49CC92 #4984CC

monochromatic

#792622 #A9362F #CC5049 #D97E79 #E7ACA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CC5049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CC5049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5049

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5049	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#706847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.159 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2867c',
    500: '#cc5049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5049;
$custom-light: #e2867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.206,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59417,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5049

secondary

#9DD1D4

accent

#D7E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5049

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

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