#CC5940#CC5940

#CC5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.152 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5940
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 44.03, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 57.29, 39.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1263 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.152 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4025, 20.3561, 7.2303)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5940 #40B3CC

analogous

#CC406D #CC5940 #CC9F40

triadic

#CC5940 #40CC59 #5940CC

tetradic

#CC5940 #6DCC40 #40B3CC #9F40CC

square

#CC5940 #6DCC40 #40B3CC #9F40CC

split-complementary

#CC5940 #40CC9F #406DCC

monochromatic

#732E1F #A3412C #CC5940 #D98370 #E6ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#CC5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#CC5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5940

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5940	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.152 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28b76',
    500: '#cc5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5940;
$custom-light: #e28b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60495,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5940

secondary

#95C7D2

accent

#C6E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5940

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

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