#CC4040#CC4040

#CC4040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.177 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4040
RGB	rgb(204, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 55.03, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 63.54, 29.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1607 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.177 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6636, 16.8784, 6.6507)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4040 #40CCCC

analogous

#CC4086 #CC4040 #CC8640

triadic

#CC4040 #40CC40 #4040CC

tetradic

#CC4040 #86CC40 #40CCCC #8640CC

square

#CC4040 #86CC40 #40CCCC #8640CC

split-complementary

#CC4040 #40CC86 #4086CC

monochromatic

#731F1F #A32C2C #CC4040 #D97070 #E6A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#CC4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#CC4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4040

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4040	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.177 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37d75',
    500: '#cc4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4040;
$custom-light: #e37d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57385,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4040

secondary

#95D2D2

accent

#E1E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4040

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

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