#CC4936#CC4936

#CC4936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.170 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4936
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 50.86, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 64.02, 37.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1456 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.17 31)
XYZ	xyz(27.9533, 17.8728, 5.4672)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4936 #36B9CC

analogous

#CC366E #CC4936 #CC9436

triadic

#CC4936 #36CC49 #4936CC

tetradic

#CC4936 #6ECC36 #36B9CC #9436CC

square

#CC4936 #6ECC36 #36B9CC #9436CC

split-complementary

#CC4936 #36CC94 #366ECC

monochromatic

#6C261B #9D3728 #CC4936 #D87567 #E5A198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CC4936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#CC4936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4936

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4936	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)

#6E6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.170 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826e',
    500: '#cc4936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4936;
$custom-light: #e4826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5827,
    "c": 0.16982,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.17869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4936

secondary

#8EC8D0

accent

#CFE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4936

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

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