#CC5548#CC5548

#CC5548 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.154 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5548
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 72)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 46.40, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 56.03, 34.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1351 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.154 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3228, 19.8061, 8.4085)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5548 #48BFCC

analogous

#CC487D #CC5548 #CC9748

triadic

#CC5548 #48CC55 #5548CC

tetradic

#CC5548 #7DCC48 #48BFCC #9748CC

square

#CC5548 #7DCC48 #48BFCC #9748CC

split-complementary

#CC5548 #48CC97 #487DCC

monochromatic

#782A21 #A83B2F #CC5548 #D98178 #E7AEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CC5548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CC5548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5548

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5548	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.154 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2897b',
    500: '#cc5548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5548;
$custom-light: #e2897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60061,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5548

secondary

#9CCED4

accent

#D1E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5548

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

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