#CC4436#CC4436

#CC4436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.175 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4436
RGB	rgb(204, 68, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 52.96, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 65.19, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1522 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.175 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6379, 17.2420, 5.3620)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4436 #36BECC

analogous

#CC3673 #CC4436 #CC8F36

triadic

#CC4436 #36CC44 #4436CC

tetradic

#CC4436 #73CC36 #36BECC #8F36CC

square

#CC4436 #73CC36 #36BECC #8F36CC

split-complementary

#CC4436 #36CC8F #3673CC

monochromatic

#6C231B #9D3328 #CC4436 #D87167 #E59F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#CC4436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#CC4436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4436

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4436	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 68, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.175 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47f6e',
    500: '#cc4436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4436;
$custom-light: #e47f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57686,
    "c": 0.17455,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4436

secondary

#8ECAD0

accent

#D4E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4436

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

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