#CC5740#CC5740

#CC5740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.154 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5740
RGB	rgb(204, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 44.99, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 57.76, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1293 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.154 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2383, 20.0277, 7.1756)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5740 #40B5CC

analogous

#CC406F #CC5740 #CC9D40

triadic

#CC5740 #40CC57 #5740CC

tetradic

#CC5740 #6FCC40 #40B5CC #9D40CC

square

#CC5740 #6FCC40 #40B5CC #9D40CC

split-complementary

#CC5740 #40CC9D #406FCC

monochromatic

#732D1F #A33F2C #CC5740 #D98170 #E6ACA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CC5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CC5740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5740

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5740	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.154 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28a75',
    500: '#cc5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5740;
$custom-light: #e28a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60215,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5740

secondary

#95C8D2

accent

#C8E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5740

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

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