#CC5840#CC5840

#CC5840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.153 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5840
RGB	rgb(204, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 44.51, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 57.53, 39.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1278 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.153 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3198, 20.1908, 7.2028)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5840 #40B4CC

analogous

#CC406E #CC5840 #CC9E40

triadic

#CC5840 #40CC58 #5840CC

tetradic

#CC5840 #6ECC40 #40B4CC #9E40CC

square

#CC5840 #6ECC40 #40B4CC #9E40CC

split-complementary

#CC5840 #40CC9E #406ECC

monochromatic

#732D1F #A3402C #CC5840 #D98270 #E6ACA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CC5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#CC5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5840

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5840	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.153 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28b75',
    500: '#cc5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5840;
$custom-light: #e28b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60354,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5840

secondary

#95C8D2

accent

#C7E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5840

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

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