#CC5440#CC5440

#CC5440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.157 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5440
RGB	rgb(204, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 46.41, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 58.49, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1337 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.157 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0005, 19.5520, 7.0963)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5440 #40B8CC

analogous

#CC4072 #CC5440 #CC9A40

triadic

#CC5440 #40CC54 #5440CC

tetradic

#CC5440 #72CC40 #40B8CC #9A40CC

square

#CC5440 #72CC40 #40B8CC #9A40CC

split-complementary

#CC5440 #40CC9A #4072CC

monochromatic

#732B1F #A33D2C #CC5440 #D97F70 #E6AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CC5440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CC5440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5440

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5440	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.157 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38875',
    500: '#cc5440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5440;
$custom-light: #e38875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59806,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5440

secondary

#95CAD2

accent

#CBE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5440

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

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