#CC523C#CC523C

#CC523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.160 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC523C
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 47.13, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 60.13, 38.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1351 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.16 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7377, 19.2021, 6.4672)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC523C #3CB6CC

analogous

#CC3C6E #CC523C #CC9A3C

triadic

#CC523C #3CCC52 #523CCC

tetradic

#CC523C #6ECC3C #3CB6CC #9A3CCC

square

#CC523C #6ECC3C #3CB6CC #9A3CCC

split-complementary

#CC523C #3CCC9A #3C6ECC

monochromatic

#702A1D #A13C2A #CC523C #D97D6D #E5A89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CC523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#CC523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC523C

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC523C	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)

#736939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.160 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38772',
    500: '#cc523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc523c;
$custom-light: #e38772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.167,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59484,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC523C

secondary

#92C8D1

accent

#CAE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC523C

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

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