#CC5A40#CC5A40

#CC5A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.151 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5A40
RGB	rgb(204, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 43.55, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 57.06, 40.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.1248 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.151 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4863, 20.5236, 7.2582)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5A40 #40B2CC

analogous

#CC406C #CC5A40 #CCA040

triadic

#CC5A40 #40CC5A #5A40CC

tetradic

#CC5A40 #6CCC40 #40B2CC #A040CC

square

#CC5A40 #6CCC40 #40B2CC #A040CC

split-complementary

#CC5A40 #40CCA0 #406CCC

monochromatic

#732E1F #A3422C #CC5A40 #D98470 #E6ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CC5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#CC5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5A40

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5A40	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.151 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c76',
    500: '#cc5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5a40;
$custom-light: #e28c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60636,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5A40

secondary

#95C7D2

accent

#C4E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5A40

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

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