#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
RGB	rgb(204, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 53.05, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 64.63, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1529 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.174 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6858, 17.2612, 5.6145)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##CC4438	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4438

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

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