#CC522D#CC522D

#CC522D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.163 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC522D
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(14, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 46.48, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 64.78, 44.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1303 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.163 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3958, 19.0654, 4.6668)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC522D #2DA7CC

analogous

#CC2D58 #CC522D #CCA22D

triadic

#CC522D #2DCC52 #522DCC

tetradic

#CC522D #58CC2D #2DA7CC #A22DCC

square

#CC522D #58CC2D #2DA7CC #A22DCC

split-complementary

#CC522D #2DCCA2 #2D58CC

monochromatic

#682A17 #9A3E22 #CC522D #DB795B #E6A28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CC522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CC522D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC522D

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC522D	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.163 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48768',
    500: '#cc522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc522d;
$custom-light: #e48768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.962,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59313,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC522D

secondary

#85BFD0

accent

#C0E741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC522D

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

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