#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
RGBrgb(204, 85, 56)
HSLhsl(12, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(51.41, 45.54, 40.08)
CIE-LCHlch(51.41, 60.66, 41.35°)
OKLaboklab(59.84% 0.1294 0.0904)
OKLCHoklch(59.84% 0.158 34.9)
XYZxyz(28.8671, 19.6238, 6.0083)
Luminance0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##CC55381.004.264.924.92
#FFFFFF4.261.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9221.001.001.00
##0000004.9221.001.001.00

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

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#CC5538 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva