#CC4440#CC4440

#CC4440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.173 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4440
RGB	rgb(204, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 53.44, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 62.53, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1557 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.173 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8973, 17.3458, 6.7286)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4440 #40C8CC

analogous

#CC4082 #CC4440 #CC8A40

triadic

#CC4440 #40CC44 #4440CC

tetradic

#CC4440 #82CC40 #40C8CC #8A40CC

square

#CC4440 #82CC40 #40C8CC #8A40CC

split-complementary

#CC4440 #40CC8A #4082CC

monochromatic

#73211F #A32F2C #CC4440 #D97370 #E6A3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#CC4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#CC4440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4440

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4440	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.173 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37f75',
    500: '#cc4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4440;
$custom-light: #e37f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57824,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4440

secondary

#95D1D2

accent

#DDE147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4440

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

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