#CC5045#CC5045

#CC5045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.160 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5045
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 48.53, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 58.13, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.1412 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.16 28)
XYZ	xyz(28.8475, 19.0082, 7.7790)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5045 #45C1CC

analogous

#CC457D #CC5045 #CC9345

triadic

#CC5045 #45CC50 #5045CC

tetradic

#CC5045 #7DCC45 #45C1CC #9345CC

square

#CC5045 #7DCC45 #45C1CC #9345CC

split-complementary

#CC5045 #45CC93 #457DCC

monochromatic

#762720 #A6372E #CC5045 #D97D75 #E6AAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CC5045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CC5045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5045

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5045	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#716843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.160 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28679',
    500: '#cc5045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5045;
$custom-light: #e28679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59353,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.19004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5045

secondary

#99CFD3

accent

#D4E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5045

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

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