#CC4840#CC4840

#CC4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.169 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4840
RGB	rgb(204, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 51.77, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 61.51, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1505 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.169 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1475, 17.8462, 6.8120)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4840 #40C4CC

analogous

#CC407E #CC4840 #CC8E40

triadic

#CC4840 #40CC48 #4840CC

tetradic

#CC4840 #7ECC40 #40C4CC #8E40CC

square

#CC4840 #7ECC40 #40C4CC #8E40CC

split-complementary

#CC4840 #40CC8E #407ECC

monochromatic

#73231F #A3322C #CC4840 #D97670 #E6A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#CC4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CC4840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4840

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4840	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.169 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38175',
    500: '#cc4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4840;
$custom-light: #e38175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58286,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4840

secondary

#95CFD2

accent

#D8E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4840

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

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