#CC4935#CC4935

#CC4935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.170 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4935
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 53)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 50.82, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 64.31, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.1453 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.17 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9300, 17.8635, 5.3448)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4935 #35B8CC

analogous

#CC356C #CC4935 #CC9435

triadic

#CC4935 #35CC49 #4935CC

tetradic

#CC4935 #6CCC35 #35B8CC #9435CC

square

#CC4935 #6CCC35 #35B8CC #9435CC

split-complementary

#CC4935 #35CC94 #356CCC

monochromatic

#6B261B #9C3727 #CC4935 #D87566 #E5A197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CC4935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CC4935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4935

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4935	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.170 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826d',
    500: '#cc4935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4935;
$custom-light: #e4826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.947,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58258,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4935

secondary

#8DC7D0

accent

#CEE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4935

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

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