#CC5136#CC5136

#CC5136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.162 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5136
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 47.31, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 62.18, 40.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1345 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.162 34)
XYZ	xyz(28.5131, 18.9925, 5.6538)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5136 #36B1CC

analogous

#CC3666 #CC5136 #CC9C36

triadic

#CC5136 #36CC51 #5136CC

tetradic

#CC5136 #66CC36 #36B1CC #9C36CC

square

#CC5136 #66CC36 #36B1CC #9C36CC

split-complementary

#CC5136 #36CC9C #3666CC

monochromatic

#6C2A1B #9D3D28 #CC5136 #D87B67 #E5A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CC5136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CC5136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5136

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5136	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.162 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3866e',
    500: '#cc5136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5136;
$custom-light: #e3866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59278,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.18989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5136

secondary

#8EC4D0

accent

#C6E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5136

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

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