#CC5236#CC5236

#CC5236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.161 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5236
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 46.85, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 61.95, 40.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1331 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.161 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5880, 19.1422, 5.6788)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5236 #36B0CC

analogous

#CC3665 #CC5236 #CC9D36

triadic

#CC5236 #36CC52 #5236CC

tetradic

#CC5236 #65CC36 #36B0CC #9D36CC

square

#CC5236 #65CC36 #36B0CC #9D36CC

split-complementary

#CC5236 #36CC9D #3665CC

monochromatic

#6C2B1B #9D3E28 #CC5236 #D87C67 #E5A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CC5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CC5236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5236

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5236	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)

#746832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.161 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3876e',
    500: '#cc5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5236;
$custom-light: #e3876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5941,
    "c": 0.16125,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5236

secondary

#8EC4D0

accent

#C5E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5236

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

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