#CC4044#CC4044

#CC4044 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.176 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4044
RGB	rgb(204, 64, 68)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 55.25, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 62.62, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1622 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.176 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7815, 16.9255, 7.2718)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4044 #40CCC8

analogous

#CC408A #CC4044 #CC8240

triadic

#CC4044 #44CC40 #4044CC

tetradic

#CC4044 #8ACC40 #40CCC8 #8240CC

square

#CC4044 #8ACC40 #40CCC8 #8240CC

split-complementary

#CC4044 #40CC82 #408ACC

monochromatic

#731F21 #A32C2F #CC4044 #D97073 #E6A1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CC4044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CC4044 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4044

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4044	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 64, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.176 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37d78',
    500: '#cc4044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4044;
$custom-light: #e37d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57449,
    "c": 0.17639,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4044

secondary

#95D2D1

accent

#E1DD47

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4044

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

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