#CC5536#CC5536

#CC5536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.158 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC5536
RGBrgb(204, 85, 54)
HSLhsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(12, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58.3%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(51.39, 45.44, 41.12)
CIE-LCHlch(51.39, 61.29, 42.14°)
OKLaboklab(59.81% 0.1288 0.0923)
OKLCHoklch(59.81% 0.158 35.6)
XYZxyz(28.8192, 19.6046, 5.7558)
Luminance0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC5536 #36ADCC
analogous
#CC3662 #CC5536 #CCA036
triadic
#CC5536 #36CC55 #5536CC
tetradic
#CC5536 #62CC36 #36ADCC #A036CC
square
#CC5536 #62CC36 #36ADCC #A036CC
split-complementary
#CC5536 #36CCA0 #3662CC
monochromatic
#6C2C1B #9D4028 #CC5536 #D87E67 #E5A898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27
#CC5536 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92
#CC5536 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5536
4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC5536#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CC55361.004.274.924.92
#FFFFFF4.271.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9221.001.001.00
##0000004.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#766A32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#938433
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E03A4E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.158 35.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3896e',
    500: '#cc5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc5536;
$custom-light: #e3896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59813,
    "c": 0.15842,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC5536
secondary
#8EC2D0
accent
#C2E345
background
#FFF8F6
surface
#FEF0EC
border
#D6CBC7
text
#170C07
muted
#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5536

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#CC5536 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva