#CC5537#CC5537

#CC5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.158 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5537
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 45.49, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 60.97, 41.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1291 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.158 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8429, 19.6141, 5.8808)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5537 #37AECC

analogous

#CC3763 #CC5537 #CCA037

triadic

#CC5537 #37CC55 #5537CC

tetradic

#CC5537 #63CC37 #37AECC #A037CC

square

#CC5537 #63CC37 #37AECC #A037CC

split-complementary

#CC5537 #37CCA0 #3763CC

monochromatic

#6D2C1C #9E4028 #CC5537 #D87E68 #E5A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CC5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CC5537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5537

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5537	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)

#766A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.158 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3896f',
    500: '#cc5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5537;
$custom-light: #e3896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.081,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59825,
    "c": 0.15816,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5537

secondary

#8EC3D0

accent

#C3E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5537

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

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