#CC5538#CC5538

#CC5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.158 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5538
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 45.54, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 60.66, 41.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1294 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.158 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8671, 19.6238, 6.0083)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5538 #38AFCC

analogous

#CC3865 #CC5538 #CC9F38

triadic

#CC5538 #38CC55 #5538CC

tetradic

#CC5538 #65CC38 #38AFCC #9F38CC

square

#CC5538 #65CC38 #38AFCC #9F38CC

split-complementary

#CC5538 #38CC9F #3865CC

monochromatic

#6E2C1C #9E4029 #CC5538 #D87F69 #E5A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CC5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CC5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5538

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5538	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	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)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.158 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38970',
    500: '#cc5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5538;
$custom-light: #e38970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.757,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59837,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5538

secondary

#8FC4D1

accent

#C4E245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5538

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

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