#CC553C#CC553C

#CC553C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.157 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC553C
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 60)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 45.73, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 59.43, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1308 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.157 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9689, 19.6645, 6.5443)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC553C #3CB3CC

analogous

#CC3C6B #CC553C #CC9D3C

triadic

#CC553C #3CCC55 #553CCC

tetradic

#CC553C #6BCC3C #3CB3CC #9D3CCC

square

#CC553C #6BCC3C #3CB3CC #9D3CCC

split-complementary

#CC553C #3CCC9D #3C6BCC

monochromatic

#702C1D #A13F2A #CC553C #D97F6D #E5AA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CC553C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CC553C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC553C

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC553C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC553C	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)

#756A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc553c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.157 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38973',
    500: '#cc553c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc553c;
$custom-light: #e38973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc553c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.417,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59887,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC553C

secondary

#92C7D1

accent

#C7E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC553C

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

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