#CC5939#CC5939

#CC5939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.154 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5939
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 43.67, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 59.47, 42.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1239 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.154 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2156, 20.2814, 6.2463)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5939 #39ACCC

analogous

#CC3962 #CC5939 #CCA239

triadic

#CC5939 #39CC59 #5939CC

tetradic

#CC5939 #62CC39 #39ACCC #A239CC

square

#CC5939 #62CC39 #39ACCC #A239CC

split-complementary

#CC5939 #39CCA2 #3962CC

monochromatic

#6E2E1C #9F4329 #CC5939 #D9826A #E5AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CC5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CC5939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5939

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5939	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.154 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b71',
    500: '#cc5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5939;
$custom-light: #e38b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.061,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60405,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5939

secondary

#90C3D1

accent

#C0E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5939

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

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