#CC5232#CC5232

#CC5232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.162 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5232
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 75.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 46.67, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 63.20, 42.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1318 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.162 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4979, 19.1062, 5.2042)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5232 #32ACCC

analogous

#CC325F #CC5232 #CC9F32

triadic

#CC5232 #32CC52 #5232CC

tetradic

#CC5232 #5FCC32 #32ACCC #9F32CC

square

#CC5232 #5FCC32 #32ACCC #9F32CC

split-complementary

#CC5232 #32CC9F #325FCC

monochromatic

#6A2A1A #9B3E26 #CC5232 #D97B63 #E5A594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CC5232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CC5232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5232

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5232	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#74682E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.162 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3876c',
    500: '#cc5232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5232;
$custom-light: #e3876c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.468,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59364,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5232

secondary

#8AC1D0

accent

#C3E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5232

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

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