#CC5543#CC5543

#CC5543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.155 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5543
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 46.10, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 57.38, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1333 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.155 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1663, 19.7434, 7.5841)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5543 #43BACC

analogous

#CC4375 #CC5543 #CC9943

triadic

#CC5543 #43CC55 #5543CC

tetradic

#CC5543 #75CC43 #43BACC #9943CC

square

#CC5543 #75CC43 #43BACC #9943CC

split-complementary

#CC5543 #43CC99 #4375CC

monochromatic

#752B20 #A53D2D #CC5543 #D98173 #E6ACA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CC5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CC5543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5543

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5543	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.155 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28977',
    500: '#cc5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5543;
$custom-light: #e28977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.883,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59984,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5543

secondary

#98CBD3

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5543

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

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