#CC4A40#CC4A40

#CC4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.167 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4A40
RGB	rgb(204, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 50.91, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 60.99, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1478 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.167 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2790, 18.1090, 6.8558)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4A40 #40C2CC

analogous

#CC407C #CC4A40 #CC9040

triadic

#CC4A40 #40CC4A #4A40CC

tetradic

#CC4A40 #7CCC40 #40C2CC #9040CC

square

#CC4A40 #7CCC40 #40C2CC #9040CC

split-complementary

#CC4A40 #40CC90 #407CCC

monochromatic

#73251F #A3342C #CC4A40 #D97870 #E6A6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CC4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#CC4A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4A40

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4A40	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E803C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.167 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38375',
    500: '#cc4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4a40;
$custom-light: #e38375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58526,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4A40

secondary

#95CED2

accent

#D6E147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4A40

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

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