#CC5545#CC5545

#CC5545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.155 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5545
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 46.22, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 56.83, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.134 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.155 30)
XYZ	xyz(29.2273, 19.7679, 7.9056)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5545 #45BCCC

analogous

#CC4578 #CC5545 #CC9845

triadic

#CC5545 #45CC55 #5545CC

tetradic

#CC5545 #78CC45 #45BCCC #9845CC

square

#CC5545 #78CC45 #45BCCC #9845CC

split-complementary

#CC5545 #45CC98 #4578CC

monochromatic

#762B20 #A63C2E #CC5545 #D98175 #E6ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CC5545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CC5545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5545

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5545	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)

#746B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.155 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28979',
    500: '#cc5545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5545;
$custom-light: #e28979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.111,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60014,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.19764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5545

secondary

#99CCD3

accent

#CEE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5545

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

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