#CC6040#CC6040

#CC6040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.145 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6040
RGB	rgb(204, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 40.59, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 55.75, 43.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1156 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.145 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0129, 21.5770, 7.4338)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6040 #40ACCC

analogous

#CC4066 #CC6040 #CCA640

triadic

#CC6040 #40CC60 #6040CC

tetradic

#CC6040 #66CC40 #40ACCC #A640CC

square

#CC6040 #66CC40 #40ACCC #A640CC

split-complementary

#CC6040 #40CCA6 #4066CC

monochromatic

#73321F #A3472C #CC6040 #D98870 #E6B0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CC6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#CC6040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6040

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6040	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.145 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29076',
    500: '#cc6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6040;
$custom-light: #e29076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6151,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6040

secondary

#95C4D2

accent

#BEE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6040

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →