#CC5237#CC5237

#CC5237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.161 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5237
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 46.89, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 61.64, 40.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1334 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.161 34)
XYZ	xyz(28.6117, 19.1517, 5.8037)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5237 #37B1CC

analogous

#CC3767 #CC5237 #CC9C37

triadic

#CC5237 #37CC52 #5237CC

tetradic

#CC5237 #67CC37 #37B1CC #9C37CC

square

#CC5237 #67CC37 #37B1CC #9C37CC

split-complementary

#CC5237 #37CC9C #3767CC

monochromatic

#6D2A1C #9E3D28 #CC5237 #D87C68 #E5A699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CC5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CC5237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5237

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5237	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)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.161 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3876f',
    500: '#cc5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5237;
$custom-light: #e3876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.872,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59421,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.19148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5237

secondary

#8EC4D0

accent

#C6E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5237

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

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