#CC4D40#CC4D40

#CC4D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.164 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4D40
RGB	rgb(204, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 49.60, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 60.23, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.1436 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.164 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4840, 18.5192, 6.9242)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4D40 #40BFCC

analogous

#CC4079 #CC4D40 #CC9340

triadic

#CC4D40 #40CC4D #4D40CC

tetradic

#CC4D40 #79CC40 #40BFCC #9340CC

square

#CC4D40 #79CC40 #40BFCC #9340CC

split-complementary

#CC4D40 #40CC93 #4079CC

monochromatic

#73271F #A3372C #CC4D40 #D97A70 #E6A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#CC4D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#CC4D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4D40

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4D40	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.164 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38475',
    500: '#cc4d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4d40;
$custom-light: #e38475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58896,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4D40

secondary

#95CDD2

accent

#D3E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4D40

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

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