#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
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 45.44, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 61.29, 42.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1288 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.158 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8192, 19.6046, 5.7558)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##CC5536	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)

#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

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

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