#CC5335#CC5335

#CC5335 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.161 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5335
RGB	rgb(204, 83, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 46.34, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 62.04, 41.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.1314 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.161 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6407, 19.2848, 5.5817)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5335 #35AECC

analogous

#CC3562 #CC5335 #CC9F35

triadic

#CC5335 #35CC53 #5335CC

tetradic

#CC5335 #62CC35 #35AECC #9F35CC

square

#CC5335 #62CC35 #35AECC #9F35CC

split-complementary

#CC5335 #35CC9F #3562CC

monochromatic

#6B2B1B #9C3F27 #CC5335 #D87D66 #E5A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CC5335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CC5335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5335

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5335	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 83, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.161 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3886e',
    500: '#cc5335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5335;
$custom-light: #e3886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.921,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59531,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5335

secondary

#8DC3D0

accent

#C3E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5335

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

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