#CC4640#CC4640

#CC4640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.171 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4640
RGB	rgb(204, 70, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 52.61, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 62.02, 31.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1531 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.171 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0204, 17.5918, 6.7696)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4640 #40C6CC

analogous

#CC4080 #CC4640 #CC8C40

triadic

#CC4640 #40CC46 #4640CC

tetradic

#CC4640 #80CC40 #40C6CC #8C40CC

square

#CC4640 #80CC40 #40C6CC #8C40CC

split-complementary

#CC4640 #40CC8C #4080CC

monochromatic

#73221F #A3312C #CC4640 #D97570 #E6A4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#CC4640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#CC4640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4640

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4640	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.171 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38075',
    500: '#cc4640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4640;
$custom-light: #e38075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.17095,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4640

secondary

#95D0D2

accent

#DAE147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4640

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

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