#CC5235#CC5235

#CC5235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.161 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5235
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 46.80, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 62.26, 41.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.1328 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.161 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5647, 19.1329, 5.5563)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5235 #35AFCC

analogous

#CC3563 #CC5235 #CC9D35

triadic

#CC5235 #35CC52 #5235CC

tetradic

#CC5235 #63CC35 #35AFCC #9D35CC

square

#CC5235 #63CC35 #35AFCC #9D35CC

split-complementary

#CC5235 #35CC9D #3563CC

monochromatic

#6B2B1B #9C3E27 #CC5235 #D87C66 #E5A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CC5235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CC5235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5235

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5235	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.161 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3876e',
    500: '#cc5235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5235;
$custom-light: #e3876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.523,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59398,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5235

secondary

#8DC3D0

accent

#C5E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5235

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

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