#CC4738#CC4738

#CC4738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.171 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC4738
RGBrgb(204, 71, 56)
HSLhsl(6, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(6, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.2%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(49.05, 51.80, 37.44)
CIE-LCHlch(49.05, 63.92, 35.86°)
OKLaboklab(58.06% 0.149 0.0847)
OKLCHoklch(58.06% 0.171 29.6)
XYZxyz(27.8719, 17.6334, 5.6766)
Luminance0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC4738 #38BDCC
analogous
#CC3873 #CC4738 #CC9138
triadic
#CC4738 #38CC47 #4738CC
tetradic
#CC4738 #73CC38 #38BDCC #9138CC
square
#CC4738 #73CC38 #38BDCC #9138CC
split-complementary
#CC4738 #38CC91 #3873CC
monochromatic
#6E241C #9E3429 #CC4738 #D87469 #E5A199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64
#CC4738 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53
#CC4738 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4738
4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC4738#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##CC47381.004.644.534.64
#FFFFFF4.641.0021.001.00
#0000004.5321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.641.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C6235
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D7F34
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E02344
Achromatopsia (no color)
#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc4738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 71, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.171 29.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4816f',
    500: '#cc4738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc4738;
$custom-light: #e4816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc4738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.081,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58057,
    "c": 0.17135,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC4738
secondary
#8FCAD1
accent
#D2E245
background
#FFF8F6
surface
#FEEFEC
border
#D6CAC7
text
#170B07
muted
#857C7A

Preview Lab

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#CC4738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva