#CC5541#CC5541

#CC5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.156 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5541
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 45.99, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 57.95, 37.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.1326 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.156 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1073, 19.7199, 7.2736)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5541 #41B8CC

analogous

#CC4173 #CC5541 #CC9A41

triadic

#CC5541 #41CC55 #5541CC

tetradic

#CC5541 #73CC41 #41B8CC #9A41CC

square

#CC5541 #73CC41 #41B8CC #9A41CC

split-complementary

#CC5541 #41CC9A #4173CC

monochromatic

#742B1F #A43D2C #CC5541 #D98071 #E6ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CC5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CC5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5541

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5541	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)

#756B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.156 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28976',
    500: '#cc5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5541;
$custom-light: #e28976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.633,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59955,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5541

secondary

#96CAD3

accent

#CBE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5541

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

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