#CC4A38#CC4A38

#CC4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.168 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4A38
RGB	rgb(204, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 50.52, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 63.20, 36.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1449 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.168 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0674, 18.0244, 5.7417)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4A38 #38BACC

analogous

#CC3870 #CC4A38 #CC9438

triadic

#CC4A38 #38CC4A #4A38CC

tetradic

#CC4A38 #70CC38 #38BACC #9438CC

square

#CC4A38 #70CC38 #38BACC #9438CC

split-complementary

#CC4A38 #38CC94 #3870CC

monochromatic

#6E261C #9E3729 #CC4A38 #D87669 #E5A399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CC4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#CC4A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4A38

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4A38	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.168 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3826f',
    500: '#cc4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4a38;
$custom-light: #e3826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.297,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58416,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4A38

secondary

#8FC9D1

accent

#CFE245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4A38

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

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