#CC4F38#CC4F38

#CC4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.164 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4F38
RGB	rgb(204, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 48.31, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 62.03, 38.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.138 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.164 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4146, 18.7188, 5.8575)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4F38 #38B5CC

analogous

#CC386B #CC4F38 #CC9938

triadic

#CC4F38 #38CC4F #4F38CC

tetradic

#CC4F38 #6BCC38 #38B5CC #9938CC

square

#CC4F38 #6BCC38 #38B5CC #9938CC

split-complementary

#CC4F38 #38CC99 #386BCC

monochromatic

#6E291C #9E3B29 #CC4F38 #D87A69 #E5A599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CC4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CC4F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC4F38

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC4F38	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.164 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38570',
    500: '#cc4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4f38;
$custom-light: #e38570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.324,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59042,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4F38

secondary

#8FC6D1

accent

#CAE245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4F38

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

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