#CC4535#CC4535

#CC4535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.174 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4535
RGB	rgb(204, 69, 53)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 52.51, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 65.24, 36.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1506 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.174 30)
XYZ	xyz(27.6756, 17.3547, 5.2600)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4535 #35BCCC

analogous

#CC3570 #CC4535 #CC9135

triadic

#CC4535 #35CC45 #4535CC

tetradic

#CC4535 #70CC35 #35BCCC #9135CC

square

#CC4535 #70CC35 #35BCCC #9135CC

split-complementary

#CC4535 #35CC91 #3570CC

monochromatic

#6B241B #9C3427 #CC4535 #D87266 #E59F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#CC4535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#CC4535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4535

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4535	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)

#6B6132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 69, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.174 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4806d',
    500: '#cc4535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4535;
$custom-light: #e4806d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.358,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57787,
    "c": 0.17379,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.17351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4535

secondary

#8DC9D0

accent

#D2E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4535

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

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