#CC5040#CC5040

#CC5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.161 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5040
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 48.25, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 59.47, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1394 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.161 30)
XYZ	xyz(28.6988, 18.9487, 6.9957)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5040 #40BCCC

analogous

#CC4076 #CC5040 #CC9640

triadic

#CC5040 #40CC50 #5040CC

tetradic

#CC5040 #76CC40 #40BCCC #9640CC

square

#CC5040 #76CC40 #40BCCC #9640CC

split-complementary

#CC5040 #40CC96 #4076CC

monochromatic

#73281F #A3392C #CC5040 #D97C70 #E6A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CC5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CC5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5040

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5040	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.161 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38675',
    500: '#cc5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5040;
$custom-light: #e38675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59278,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.18945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5040

secondary

#95CBD2

accent

#CFE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5040

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

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