#CC5240#CC5240

#CC5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.159 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5240
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 47.34, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 58.98, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1366 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.159 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8474, 19.2460, 7.0453)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5240 #40BACC

analogous

#CC4074 #CC5240 #CC9840

triadic

#CC5240 #40CC52 #5240CC

tetradic

#CC5240 #74CC40 #40BACC #9840CC

square

#CC5240 #74CC40 #40BACC #9840CC

split-complementary

#CC5240 #40CC98 #4074CC

monochromatic

#732A1F #A33B2C #CC5240 #D97E70 #E6AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CC5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CC5240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5240

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5240	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.159 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38775',
    500: '#cc5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5240;
$custom-light: #e38775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59539,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5240

secondary

#95CAD2

accent

#CDE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5240

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

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