#CC5138#CC5138

#CC5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.162 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5138
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 47.40, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 61.57, 39.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1352 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.162 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5610, 19.0117, 5.9063)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5138 #38B3CC

analogous

#CC3869 #CC5138 #CC9B38

triadic

#CC5138 #38CC51 #5138CC

tetradic

#CC5138 #69CC38 #38B3CC #9B38CC

square

#CC5138 #69CC38 #38B3CC #9B38CC

split-complementary

#CC5138 #38CC9B #3869CC

monochromatic

#6E2A1C #9E3C29 #CC5138 #D87C69 #E5A699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CC5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CC5138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5138

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5138	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.162 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38670',
    500: '#cc5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5138;
$custom-light: #e38670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.135,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59302,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5138

secondary

#8FC6D1

accent

#C8E245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5138

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

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