#CC5544#CC5544

#CC5544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.155 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5544
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 46.16, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 57.11, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1337 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.155 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1966, 19.7555, 7.7435)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5544 #44BBCC

analogous

#CC4477 #CC5544 #CC9944

triadic

#CC5544 #44CC55 #5544CC

tetradic

#CC5544 #77CC44 #44BBCC #9944CC

square

#CC5544 #77CC44 #44BBCC #9944CC

split-complementary

#CC5544 #44CC99 #4477CC

monochromatic

#762B20 #A63C2D #CC5544 #D98174 #E6ACA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CC5544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CC5544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5544

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5544	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)

#746B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.155 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28978',
    500: '#cc5544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5544;
$custom-light: #e28978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59999,
    "c": 0.15496,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5544

secondary

#99CCD3

accent

#CDE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5544

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

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