#CC5F40#CC5F40

#CC5F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.146 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5F40
RGB	rgb(204, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 41.09, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 55.96, 42.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1172 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.146 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9223, 21.3957, 7.4036)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5F40 #40ADCC

analogous

#CC4067 #CC5F40 #CCA540

triadic

#CC5F40 #40CC5F #5F40CC

tetradic

#CC5F40 #67CC40 #40ADCC #A540CC

square

#CC5F40 #67CC40 #40ADCC #A540CC

split-complementary

#CC5F40 #40CCA5 #4067CC

monochromatic

#73311F #A3462C #CC5F40 #D98770 #E6B0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CC5F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CC5F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5F40

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5F40	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.146 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f76',
    500: '#cc5f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5f40;
$custom-light: #e28f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61362,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5F40

secondary

#95C5D2

accent

#BFE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5F40

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

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