#CC5A35#CC5A35

#CC5A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.154 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5A35
RGB	rgb(204, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 43.00, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 60.56, 44.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1211 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.154 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2035, 20.4106, 5.7693)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5A35 #35A7CC

analogous

#CC355B #CC5A35 #CCA535

triadic

#CC5A35 #35CC5A #5A35CC

tetradic

#CC5A35 #5BCC35 #35A7CC #A535CC

square

#CC5A35 #5BCC35 #35A7CC #A535CC

split-complementary

#CC5A35 #35CCA5 #355BCC

monochromatic

#6B2F1B #9C4427 #CC5A35 #D88266 #E5AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CC5A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CC5A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5A35

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5A35	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)

#796D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.154 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c6e',
    500: '#cc5a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5a35;
$custom-light: #e38c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.702,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.605,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5A35

secondary

#8DC0D0

accent

#BCE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5A35

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

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