#CC5340#CC5340

#CC5340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.158 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5340
RGB	rgb(204, 83, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 46.87, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 58.73, 37.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1351 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.158 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9234, 19.3979, 7.0706)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5340 #40B9CC

analogous

#CC4073 #CC5340 #CC9940

triadic

#CC5340 #40CC53 #5340CC

tetradic

#CC5340 #73CC40 #40B9CC #9940CC

square

#CC5340 #73CC40 #40B9CC #9940CC

split-complementary

#CC5340 #40CC99 #4073CC

monochromatic

#732A1F #A33C2C #CC5340 #D97E70 #E6AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CC5340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CC5340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5340

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5340	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 83, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.158 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38875',
    500: '#cc5340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5340;
$custom-light: #e38875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59672,
    "c": 0.15789,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5340

secondary

#95CAD2

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5340

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

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