#CC523F#CC523F

#CC523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.159 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC523F
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 69.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 47.28, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 59.26, 37.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.1362 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.159 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8192, 19.2347, 6.8968)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC523F #3FB9CC

analogous

#CC3F73 #CC523F #CC983F

triadic

#CC523F #3FCC52 #523FCC

tetradic

#CC523F #73CC3F #3FB9CC #983FCC

square

#CC523F #73CC3F #3FB9CC #983FCC

split-complementary

#CC523F #3FCC98 #3F73CC

monochromatic

#722A1E #A33B2B #CC523F #D97E6F #E6A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CC523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CC523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC523F

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC523F	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.159 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38775',
    500: '#cc523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc523f;
$custom-light: #e38775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.085,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59525,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC523F

secondary

#95CAD2

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC523F

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

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