#CC5135#CC5135

#CC5135 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.162 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5135
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 47.26, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 62.48, 40.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1342 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.162 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4899, 18.9832, 5.5314)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5135 #35B0CC

analogous

#CC3564 #CC5135 #CC9D35

triadic

#CC5135 #35CC51 #5135CC

tetradic

#CC5135 #64CC35 #35B0CC #9D35CC

square

#CC5135 #64CC35 #35B0CC #9D35CC

split-complementary

#CC5135 #35CC9D #3564CC

monochromatic

#6B2A1B #9C3D27 #CC5135 #D87B66 #E5A597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CC5135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CC5135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5135

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5135	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.162 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3866e',
    500: '#cc5135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5135;
$custom-light: #e3866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.126,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59266,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5135

secondary

#8DC4D0

accent

#C6E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5135

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

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