#CC523B#CC523B

#CC523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.160 H 32.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC523B
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 47.08, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 60.43, 38.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1348 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.16 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7115, 19.1916, 6.3293)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC523B #3BB5CC

analogous

#CC3B6D #CC523B #CC9B3B

triadic

#CC523B #3BCC52 #523BCC

tetradic

#CC523B #6DCC3B #3BB5CC #9B3BCC

square

#CC523B #6DCC3B #3BB5CC #9B3BCC

split-complementary

#CC523B #3BCC9B #3B6DCC

monochromatic

#702A1D #A03C2A #CC523B #D97D6C #E5A89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CC523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#CC523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC523B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC523B	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.160 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38772',
    500: '#cc523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc523b;
$custom-light: #e38772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.517,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59471,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC523B

secondary

#92C7D1

accent

#C9E246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC523B

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

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