#CC5533#CC5533

#CC5533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.159 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5533
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 45.31, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 62.24, 43.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1278 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.159 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7509, 19.5773, 5.3962)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5533 #33AACC

analogous

#CC335E #CC5533 #CCA133

triadic

#CC5533 #33CC55 #5533CC

tetradic

#CC5533 #5ECC33 #33AACC #A133CC

square

#CC5533 #5ECC33 #33AACC #A133CC

split-complementary

#CC5533 #33CCA1 #335ECC

monochromatic

#6A2C1B #9B4127 #CC5533 #D87E64 #E4A795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CC5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CC5533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5533

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5533	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	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)

#766A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.159 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3896c',
    500: '#cc5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5533;
$custom-light: #e3896c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5978,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5533

secondary

#8BC0D0

accent

#C0E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5533

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

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