#CC4940#CC4940

#CC4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.168 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4940
RGB	rgb(204, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 51.34, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 61.25, 33.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.1491 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.168 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2127, 17.9766, 6.8337)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4940 #40C3CC

analogous

#CC407D #CC4940 #CC8F40

triadic

#CC4940 #40CC49 #4940CC

tetradic

#CC4940 #7DCC40 #40C3CC #8F40CC

square

#CC4940 #7DCC40 #40C3CC #8F40CC

split-complementary

#CC4940 #40CC8F #407DCC

monochromatic

#73241F #A3332C #CC4940 #D97770 #E6A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#CC4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#CC4940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4940

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4940	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.168 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38275',
    500: '#cc4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4940;
$custom-light: #e38275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58405,
    "c": 0.16796,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4940

secondary

#95CED2

accent

#D7E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4940

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

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