#CC553D#CC553D

#CC553D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.157 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC553D
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 45.78, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 59.13, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.1311 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.157 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9955, 19.6751, 6.6848)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC553D #3DB4CC

analogous

#CC3D6D #CC553D #CC9D3D

triadic

#CC553D #3DCC55 #553DCC

tetradic

#CC553D #6DCC3D #3DB4CC #9D3DCC

square

#CC553D #6DCC3D #3DB4CC #9D3DCC

split-complementary

#CC553D #3DCC9D #3D6DCC

monochromatic

#712C1E #A13E2A #CC553D #D97F6D #E5AA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CC553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CC553D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC553D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC553D	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)

#756A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.157 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38973',
    500: '#cc553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc553d;
$custom-light: #e38973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.07,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.599,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC553D

secondary

#93C7D2

accent

#C8E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC553D

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

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