#CC5937#CC5937

#CC5937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.154 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5937
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 43.58, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 60.12, 43.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% 0.1232 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.154 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1667, 20.2618, 5.9887)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5937 #37AACC

analogous

#CC375F #CC5937 #CCA337

triadic

#CC5937 #37CC59 #5937CC

tetradic

#CC5937 #5FCC37 #37AACC #A337CC

square

#CC5937 #5FCC37 #37AACC #A337CC

split-complementary

#CC5937 #37CCA3 #375FCC

monochromatic

#6D2E1C #9E4328 #CC5937 #D88168 #E5AA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CC5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#CC5937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5937

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5937	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)

#786D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.154 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b6f',
    500: '#cc5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5937;
$custom-light: #e38b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.691,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60381,
    "c": 0.15442,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5937

secondary

#8EC1D0

accent

#BFE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5937

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

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