#CC5140#CC5140

#CC5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.160 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5140
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 47.80, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 59.22, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.138 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.16 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7726, 19.0963, 7.0203)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5140 #40BBCC

analogous

#CC4075 #CC5140 #CC9740

triadic

#CC5140 #40CC51 #5140CC

tetradic

#CC5140 #75CC40 #40BBCC #9740CC

square

#CC5140 #75CC40 #40BBCC #9740CC

split-complementary

#CC5140 #40CC97 #4075CC

monochromatic

#73291F #A33A2C #CC5140 #D97D70 #E6A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CC5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CC5140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5140

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5140	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.160 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38675',
    500: '#cc5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5140;
$custom-light: #e38675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59408,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5140

secondary

#95CBD2

accent

#CEE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5140

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

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