#CC5E40#CC5E40

#CC5E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.147 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E40
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 41.58, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 56.17, 42.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1187 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.147 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8328, 21.2167, 7.3737)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E40 #40AECC

analogous

#CC4068 #CC5E40 #CCA440

triadic

#CC5E40 #40CC5E #5E40CC

tetradic

#CC5E40 #68CC40 #40AECC #A440CC

square

#CC5E40 #68CC40 #40AECC #A440CC

split-complementary

#CC5E40 #40CCA4 #4068CC

monochromatic

#73311F #A3452C #CC5E40 #D98770 #E6AFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CC5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#CC5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E40

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E40	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.147 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28e76',
    500: '#cc5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e40;
$custom-light: #e28e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61214,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E40

secondary

#95C5D2

accent

#C0E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E40

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

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