#CC5436#CC5436

#CC5436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.159 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5436
RGB	rgb(204, 84, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 45.91, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 61.51, 41.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1302 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.159 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7410, 19.4482, 5.7298)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5436 #36AECC

analogous

#CC3663 #CC5436 #CC9F36

triadic

#CC5436 #36CC54 #5436CC

tetradic

#CC5436 #63CC36 #36AECC #9F36CC

square

#CC5436 #63CC36 #36AECC #9F36CC

split-complementary

#CC5436 #36CC9F #3663CC

monochromatic

#6C2C1B #9D3F28 #CC5436 #D87E67 #E5A798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CC5436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CC5436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5436

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5436	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 84, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.159 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3886e',
    500: '#cc5436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5436;
$custom-light: #e3886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59677,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5436

secondary

#8EC3D0

accent

#C3E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5436

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

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