#CC5535#CC5535

#CC5535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.159 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5535
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 45.40, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 61.60, 42.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1285 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.159 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7959, 19.5953, 5.6334)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5535 #35ACCC

analogous

#CC3560 #CC5535 #CCA035

triadic

#CC5535 #35CC55 #5535CC

tetradic

#CC5535 #60CC35 #35ACCC #A035CC

square

#CC5535 #60CC35 #35ACCC #A035CC

split-complementary

#CC5535 #35CCA0 #3560CC

monochromatic

#6B2C1B #9C4027 #CC5535 #D87E66 #E5A797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CC5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CC5535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5535

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5535	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.159 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3896e',
    500: '#cc5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5535;
$custom-light: #e3896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.715,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59802,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5535

secondary

#8DC2D0

accent

#C1E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5535

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

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