#CC4838#CC4838

#CC4838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.170 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4838
RGB	rgb(204, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 51.38, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 63.68, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1476 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.17 30)
XYZ	xyz(27.9360, 17.7616, 5.6979)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4838 #38BCCC

analogous

#CC3872 #CC4838 #CC9238

triadic

#CC4838 #38CC48 #4838CC

tetradic

#CC4838 #72CC38 #38BCCC #9238CC

square

#CC4838 #72CC38 #38BCCC #9238CC

split-complementary

#CC4838 #38CC92 #3872CC

monochromatic

#6E251C #9E3529 #CC4838 #D87569 #E5A299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#CC4838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#CC4838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4838

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4838	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.170 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4816f',
    500: '#cc4838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4838;
$custom-light: #e4816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58175,
    "c": 0.17038,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.17758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4838

secondary

#8FCAD1

accent

#D1E245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4838

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

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