#CC4136#CC4136

#CC4136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.177 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4136
RGB	rgb(204, 65, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 54.17, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 65.89, 34.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.156 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.177 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4610, 16.8884, 5.3031)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4136 #36C1CC

analogous

#CC3676 #CC4136 #CC8C36

triadic

#CC4136 #36CC41 #4136CC

tetradic

#CC4136 #76CC36 #36C1CC #8C36CC

square

#CC4136 #76CC36 #36C1CC #8C36CC

split-complementary

#CC4136 #36CC8C #3676CC

monochromatic

#6C211B #9D3028 #CC4136 #D86F67 #E59D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#CC4136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#CC4136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4136

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4136	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 65, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.177 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e6e',
    500: '#cc4136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4136;
$custom-light: #e47e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57353,
    "c": 0.17735,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4136

secondary

#8ECBD0

accent

#D7E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4136

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

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