#CC4E38#CC4E38

#CC4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.165 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4E38
RGB	rgb(204, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 48.76, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 62.26, 38.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.1394 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.165 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3430, 18.5756, 5.8336)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4E38 #38B6CC

analogous

#CC386C #CC4E38 #CC9838

triadic

#CC4E38 #38CC4E #4E38CC

tetradic

#CC4E38 #6CCC38 #38B6CC #9838CC

square

#CC4E38 #6CCC38 #38B6CC #9838CC

split-complementary

#CC4E38 #38CC98 #386CCC

monochromatic

#6E281C #9E3A29 #CC4E38 #D87969 #E5A599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#CC4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#CC4E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4E38

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4E38	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.165 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38570',
    500: '#cc4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4e38;
$custom-light: #e38570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.919,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58914,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4E38

secondary

#8FC7D1

accent

#CBE245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4E38

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

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