#CC553B#CC553B

#CC553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.157 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC553B
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 45.68, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 59.74, 40.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1305 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.157 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9427, 19.6540, 6.4064)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC553B #3BB2CC

analogous

#CC3B6A #CC553B #CC9E3B

triadic

#CC553B #3BCC55 #553BCC

tetradic

#CC553B #6ACC3B #3BB2CC #9E3BCC

square

#CC553B #6ACC3B #3BB2CC #9E3BCC

split-complementary

#CC553B #3BCC9E #3B6ACC

monochromatic

#702C1D #A03F2A #CC553B #D97F6C #E5A99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CC553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CC553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC553B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC553B	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.157 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38972',
    500: '#cc553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc553b;
$custom-light: #e38972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.759,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59874,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC553B

secondary

#92C6D1

accent

#C6E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC553B

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

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