#CC5142#CC5142

#CC5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.159 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5142
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 47.90, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 58.67, 35.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1387 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.159 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8305, 19.1194, 7.3255)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5142 #42BDCC

analogous

#CC4278 #CC5142 #CC9642

triadic

#CC5142 #42CC51 #5142CC

tetradic

#CC5142 #78CC42 #42BDCC #9642CC

square

#CC5142 #78CC42 #42BDCC #9642CC

split-complementary

#CC5142 #42CC96 #4278CC

monochromatic

#74291F #A4392C #CC5142 #D97D72 #E6AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CC5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CC5142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5142

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5142	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.159 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38777',
    500: '#cc5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5142;
$custom-light: #e38777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59437,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5142

secondary

#97CCD3

accent

#D0E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5142

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

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