#CC523E#CC523E

#CC523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.159 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC523E
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 47.23, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 59.55, 37.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1358 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.159 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7915, 19.2236, 6.7509)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC523E #3EB8CC

analogous

#CC3E71 #CC523E #CC993E

triadic

#CC523E #3ECC52 #523ECC

tetradic

#CC523E #71CC3E #3EB8CC #993ECC

square

#CC523E #71CC3E #3EB8CC #993ECC

split-complementary

#CC523E #3ECC99 #3E71CC

monochromatic

#722A1E #A23C2B #CC523E #D97D6E #E6A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CC523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#CC523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC523E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC523E	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)

#73693B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.159 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38774',
    500: '#cc523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc523e;
$custom-light: #e38774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59511,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC523E

secondary

#94C9D2

accent

#CCE146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC523E

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

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