#CC5B40#CC5B40

#CC5B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.150 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5B40
RGB	rgb(204, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 43.06, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 56.84, 40.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.1233 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.15 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5712, 20.6935, 7.2865)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5B40 #40B1CC

analogous

#CC406B #CC5B40 #CCA140

triadic

#CC5B40 #40CC5B #5B40CC

tetradic

#CC5B40 #6BCC40 #40B1CC #A140CC

square

#CC5B40 #6BCC40 #40B1CC #A140CC

split-complementary

#CC5B40 #40CCA1 #406BCC

monochromatic

#732F1F #A3432C #CC5B40 #D98470 #E6AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#CC5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CC5B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5B40

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5B40	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.150 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c76',
    500: '#cc5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5b40;
$custom-light: #e28c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60779,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5B40

secondary

#95C7D2

accent

#C3E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5B40

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

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