#CC5638#CC5638

#CC5638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.157 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5638
RGB	rgb(204, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 45.06, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 60.44, 41.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.128 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.157 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9464, 19.7823, 6.0347)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5638 #38AECC

analogous

#CC3864 #CC5638 #CCA038

triadic

#CC5638 #38CC56 #5638CC

tetradic

#CC5638 #64CC38 #38AECC #A038CC

square

#CC5638 #64CC38 #38AECC #A038CC

split-complementary

#CC5638 #38CCA0 #3864CC

monochromatic

#6E2D1C #9E4029 #CC5638 #D87F69 #E5A999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CC5638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CC5638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5638

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5638	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	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)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.157 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38970',
    500: '#cc5638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5638;
$custom-light: #e38970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.162,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59974,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5638

secondary

#8FC3D1

accent

#C3E245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5638

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

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