#CC5039#CC5039

#CC5039 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.162 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5039
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 47.90, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 61.50, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.137 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.162 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5120, 18.8740, 6.0118)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5039 #39B5CC

analogous

#CC396B #CC5039 #CC9939

triadic

#CC5039 #39CC50 #5039CC

tetradic

#CC5039 #6BCC39 #39B5CC #9939CC

square

#CC5039 #6BCC39 #39B5CC #9939CC

split-complementary

#CC5039 #39CC99 #396BCC

monochromatic

#6E291C #9F3B29 #CC5039 #D97B6A #E5A69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CC5039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CC5039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5039

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5039	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)

#726736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.162 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38670',
    500: '#cc5039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5039;
$custom-light: #e38670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.388,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59184,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5039

secondary

#90C7D1

accent

#CAE246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5039

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

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