#CC5437#CC5437

#CC5437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.159 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5437
RGB	rgb(204, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 45.96, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 61.20, 41.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1306 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.159 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7647, 19.4577, 5.8547)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5437 #37AFCC

analogous

#CC3764 #CC5437 #CC9E37

triadic

#CC5437 #37CC54 #5437CC

tetradic

#CC5437 #64CC37 #37AFCC #9E37CC

square

#CC5437 #64CC37 #37AFCC #9E37CC

split-complementary

#CC5437 #37CC9E #3764CC

monochromatic

#6D2C1C #9E3F28 #CC5437 #D87E68 #E5A799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CC5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CC5437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5437

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5437	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#756933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.159 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3886f',
    500: '#cc5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5437;
$custom-light: #e3886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.678,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59689,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5437

secondary

#8EC4D0

accent

#C4E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5437

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

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