#CC5945#CC5945

#CC5945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.151 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5945
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 44.31, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 55.82, 37.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1281 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.151 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5512, 20.4156, 8.0135)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5945 #45B8CC

analogous

#CC4574 #CC5945 #CC9C45

triadic

#CC5945 #45CC59 #5945CC

tetradic

#CC5945 #74CC45 #45B8CC #9C45CC

square

#CC5945 #74CC45 #45B8CC #9C45CC

split-complementary

#CC5945 #45CC9C #4574CC

monochromatic

#762D20 #A63F2E #CC5945 #D98475 #E6AFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CC5945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CC5945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5945

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5945	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.151 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28b79',
    500: '#cc5945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5945;
$custom-light: #e28b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60566,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5945

secondary

#99CBD3

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5945

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

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