#CC4140#CC4140

#CC4140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.176 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC4140
RGBrgb(204, 65, 64)
HSLhsl(0, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(0, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.1%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(48.25, 54.64, 31.94)
CIE-LCHlch(48.25, 63.29, 30.30°)
OKLaboklab(57.49% 0.1595 0.0741)
OKLCHoklch(57.49% 0.176 24.9)
XYZxyz(27.7205, 16.9921, 6.6696)
Luminance0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC4140 #40CBCC
analogous
#CC4085 #CC4140 #CC8740
triadic
#CC4140 #40CC41 #4140CC
tetradic
#CC4140 #85CC40 #40CBCC #8740CC
square
#CC4140 #85CC40 #40CBCC #8740CC
split-complementary
#CC4140 #40CC87 #4085CC
monochromatic
#731F1F #A32C2C #CC4140 #D97170 #E6A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78
#CC4140 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40
#CC4140 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4140
4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC4140#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##CC41401.004.784.404.78
#FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00
#0000004.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#68603F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A7E3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E01842
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.176 24.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e75',
    500: '#cc4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc4140;
$custom-light: #e37e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57493,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC4140
secondary
#95D2D2
accent
#E0E147
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FEEFED
border
#D6CAC8
text
#170A08
muted
#857C7B

Preview Lab

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#CC4140 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva