#CC4038#CC4038

#CC4038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.178 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4038
RGB	rgb(204, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 54.65, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 65.58, 33.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1579 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.178 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4521, 16.7937, 5.5366)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4038 #38C4CC

analogous

#CC387A #CC4038 #CC8A38

triadic

#CC4038 #38CC40 #4038CC

tetradic

#CC4038 #7ACC38 #38C4CC #8A38CC

square

#CC4038 #7ACC38 #38C4CC #8A38CC

split-complementary

#CC4038 #38CC8A #387ACC

monochromatic

#6E201C #9E2F29 #CC4038 #D86F69 #E59E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#CC4038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#CC4038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4038

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4038	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0123F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.178 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47d6f',
    500: '#cc4038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4038;
$custom-light: #e47d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57271,
    "c": 0.17796,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4038

secondary

#8FCDD1

accent

#DAE245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4038

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

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