#CC4438#CC4438

#CC4438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.174 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC4438
RGBrgb(204, 68, 56)
HSLhsl(5, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(5, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(48.59, 53.05, 36.92)
CIE-LCHlch(48.59, 64.63, 34.83°)
OKLaboklab(57.71% 0.1529 0.0836)
OKLCHoklch(57.71% 0.174 28.7)
XYZxyz(27.6858, 17.2612, 5.6145)
Luminance0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC4438 #38C0CC
analogous
#CC3876 #CC4438 #CC8E38
triadic
#CC4438 #38CC44 #4438CC
tetradic
#CC4438 #76CC38 #38C0CC #8E38CC
square
#CC4438 #76CC38 #38C0CC #8E38CC
split-complementary
#CC4438 #38CC8E #3876CC
monochromatic
#6E231C #9E3229 #CC4438 #D87269 #E5A099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72
#CC4438 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45
#CC4438 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4438
4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC4438#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##CC44381.004.724.454.72
#FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00
#0000004.4521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A6136
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C7E33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E01D42
Achromatopsia (no color)
#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc4438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.174 28.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47f6f',
    500: '#cc4438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc4438;
$custom-light: #e47f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc4438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57711,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC4438
secondary
#8FCBD1
accent
#D6E245
background
#FFF8F6
surface
#FEEFEC
border
#D6CAC7
text
#170B07
muted
#857C7A

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#CC4438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva