#CC5042#CC5042

#CC5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.161 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5042
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 48.36, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 58.93, 34.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1401 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.161 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7567, 18.9719, 7.3009)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5042 #42BECC

analogous

#CC4279 #CC5042 #CC9542

triadic

#CC5042 #42CC50 #5042CC

tetradic

#CC5042 #79CC42 #42BECC #9542CC

square

#CC5042 #79CC42 #42BECC #9542CC

split-complementary

#CC5042 #42CC95 #4279CC

monochromatic

#74281F #A4392C #CC5042 #D97D72 #E6A9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CC5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CC5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5042

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5042	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.161 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38677',
    500: '#cc5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5042;
$custom-light: #e38677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59307,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5042

secondary

#97CDD3

accent

#D1E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5042

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

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