#CC523D#CC523D

#CC523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.160 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC523D
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 47.18, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 59.84, 37.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1355 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.16 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7643, 19.2128, 6.6077)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC523D #3DB7CC

analogous

#CC3D70 #CC523D #CC993D

triadic

#CC523D #3DCC52 #523DCC

tetradic

#CC523D #70CC3D #3DB7CC #993DCC

square

#CC523D #70CC3D #3DB7CC #993DCC

split-complementary

#CC523D #3DCC99 #3D70CC

monochromatic

#712A1E #A13C2A #CC523D #D97D6D #E5A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CC523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#CC523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC523D

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC523D	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)

#73693A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.160 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38773',
    500: '#cc523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc523d;
$custom-light: #e38773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.811,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59498,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC523D

secondary

#93C9D2

accent

#CBE246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC523D

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

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