#CC5935#CC5935

#CC5935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.155 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5935
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 43.49, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 60.76, 44.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1226 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.155 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1198, 20.2430, 5.7414)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5935 #35A8CC

analogous

#CC355C #CC5935 #CCA535

triadic

#CC5935 #35CC59 #5935CC

tetradic

#CC5935 #5CCC35 #35A8CC #A535CC

square

#CC5935 #5CCC35 #35A8CC #A535CC

split-complementary

#CC5935 #35CCA5 #355CCC

monochromatic

#6B2E1B #9C4327 #CC5935 #D88166 #E5A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CC5935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#CC5935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5935

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5935	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.155 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b6e',
    500: '#cc5935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5935;
$custom-light: #e38b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.305,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60358,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5935

secondary

#8DC0D0

accent

#BDE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5935

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

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