#CC5C40#CC5C40

#CC5C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.149 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5C40
RGB	rgb(204, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 42.57, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 56.61, 41.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1218 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.149 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6572, 20.8656, 7.3152)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5C40 #40B0CC

analogous

#CC406A #CC5C40 #CCA240

triadic

#CC5C40 #40CC5C #5C40CC

tetradic

#CC5C40 #6ACC40 #40B0CC #A240CC

square

#CC5C40 #6ACC40 #40B0CC #A240CC

split-complementary

#CC5C40 #40CCA2 #406ACC

monochromatic

#73301F #A3442C #CC5C40 #D98570 #E6AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CC5C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CC5C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5C40

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5C40	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.149 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d76',
    500: '#cc5c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5c40;
$custom-light: #e28d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60923,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5C40

secondary

#95C6D2

accent

#C2E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5C40

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

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