#CC5037#CC5037

#CC5037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.163 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5037
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 47.81, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 62.10, 39.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1363 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.163 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4631, 18.8544, 5.7542)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5037 #37B3CC

analogous

#CC3768 #CC5037 #CC9A37

triadic

#CC5037 #37CC50 #5037CC

tetradic

#CC5037 #68CC37 #37B3CC #9A37CC

square

#CC5037 #68CC37 #37B3CC #9A37CC

split-complementary

#CC5037 #37CC9A #3768CC

monochromatic

#6D291C #9E3C28 #CC5037 #D87B68 #E5A599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CC5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CC5037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5037

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5037	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.163 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3866f',
    500: '#cc5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5037;
$custom-light: #e3866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.067,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59159,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5037

secondary

#8EC5D0

accent

#C8E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5037

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

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