#CC5540#CC5540

#CC5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.156 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5540
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 45.94, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 58.24, 37.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1322 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.156 32)
XYZ	xyz(29.0786, 19.7084, 7.1224)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5540 #40B7CC

analogous

#CC4071 #CC5540 #CC9B40

triadic

#CC5540 #40CC55 #5540CC

tetradic

#CC5540 #71CC40 #40B7CC #9B40CC

square

#CC5540 #71CC40 #40B7CC #9B40CC

split-complementary

#CC5540 #40CC9B #4071CC

monochromatic

#732B1F #A33E2C #CC5540 #D98070 #E6ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CC5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CC5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5540

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5540	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)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.156 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28975',
    500: '#cc5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5540;
$custom-light: #e28975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59941,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.19705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5540

secondary

#95C9D2

accent

#CAE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5540

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

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