#CC5241#CC5241

#CC5241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.159 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5241
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 65)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 47.39, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 58.70, 36.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1369 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.159 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8761, 19.2575, 7.1965)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5241 #41BBCC

analogous

#CC4176 #CC5241 #CC9741

triadic

#CC5241 #41CC52 #5241CC

tetradic

#CC5241 #76CC41 #41BBCC #9741CC

square

#CC5241 #76CC41 #41BBCC #9741CC

split-complementary

#CC5241 #41CC97 #4176CC

monochromatic

#74291F #A43B2C #CC5241 #D97E71 #E6AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CC5241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CC5241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5241

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5241	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)

#73693F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.159 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38776',
    500: '#cc5241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5241;
$custom-light: #e38776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.338,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59554,
    "c": 0.15867,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5241

secondary

#96CBD3

accent

#CEE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5241

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

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