#CC4937#CC4937

#CC4937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.170 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4937
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 50.91, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 63.73, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.146 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.17 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9770, 17.8823, 5.5921)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4937 #37BACC

analogous

#CC376F #CC4937 #CC9337

triadic

#CC4937 #37CC49 #4937CC

tetradic

#CC4937 #6FCC37 #37BACC #9337CC

square

#CC4937 #6FCC37 #37BACC #9337CC

split-complementary

#CC4937 #37CC93 #376FCC

monochromatic

#6D261C #9E3628 #CC4937 #D87568 #E5A299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#CC4937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#CC4937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4937

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4937	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.170 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826f',
    500: '#cc4937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4937;
$custom-light: #e4826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.248,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58282,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4937

secondary

#8EC8D0

accent

#D0E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4937

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

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