#CC4240#CC4240

#CC4240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.175 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4240
RGB	rgb(204, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 54.24, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 63.04, 30.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1582 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.175 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7784, 17.1080, 6.6890)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4240 #40CACC

analogous

#CC4084 #CC4240 #CC8840

triadic

#CC4240 #40CC42 #4240CC

tetradic

#CC4240 #84CC40 #40CACC #8840CC

square

#CC4240 #84CC40 #40CACC #8840CC

split-complementary

#CC4240 #40CC88 #4084CC

monochromatic

#73201F #A32D2C #CC4240 #D97270 #E6A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CC4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CC4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4240

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4240	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.175 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e75',
    500: '#cc4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4240;
$custom-light: #e37e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57602,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4240

secondary

#95D1D2

accent

#DFE147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4240

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

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