#CC5043#CC5043

#CC5043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.160 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5043
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 48.42, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 58.66, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1405 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.16 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7865, 18.9838, 7.4575)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5043 #43BFCC

analogous

#CC437B #CC5043 #CC9443

triadic

#CC5043 #43CC50 #5043CC

tetradic

#CC5043 #7BCC43 #43BFCC #9443CC

square

#CC5043 #7BCC43 #43BFCC #9443CC

split-complementary

#CC5043 #43CC94 #437BCC

monochromatic

#752820 #A5382D #CC5043 #D97D73 #E6AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CC5043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CC5043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5043

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5043	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.160 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38677',
    500: '#cc5043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5043;
$custom-light: #e38677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.693,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59322,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5043

secondary

#98CDD3

accent

#D2E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5043

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

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