#CC553E#CC553E

#CC553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.156 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC553E
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 45.83, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 58.83, 38.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1315 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.156 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0227, 19.6860, 6.8280)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC553E #3EB5CC

analogous

#CC3E6E #CC553E #CC9C3E

triadic

#CC553E #3ECC55 #553ECC

tetradic

#CC553E #6ECC3E #3EB5CC #9C3ECC

square

#CC553E #6ECC3E #3EB5CC #9C3ECC

split-complementary

#CC553E #3ECC9C #3E6ECC

monochromatic

#722C1E #A23E2B #CC553E #D9806E #E6AA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CC553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CC553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC553E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC553E	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.156 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38974',
    500: '#cc553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc553e;
$custom-light: #e38974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.718,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC553E

secondary

#94C8D2

accent

#C8E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC553E

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

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