#CC5242#CC5242

#CC5242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.158 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5242
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 47.44, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 58.42, 35.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1373 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.158 30)
XYZ	xyz(28.9054, 19.2692, 7.3504)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5242 #42BCCC

analogous

#CC4277 #CC5242 #CC9742

triadic

#CC5242 #42CC52 #5242CC

tetradic

#CC5242 #77CC42 #42BCCC #9742CC

square

#CC5242 #77CC42 #42BCCC #9742CC

split-complementary

#CC5242 #42CC97 #4277CC

monochromatic

#74291F #A43A2C #CC5242 #D97E72 #E6AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CC5242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CC5242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5242

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5242	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)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.158 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38777',
    500: '#cc5242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5242;
$custom-light: #e38777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59568,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.19265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5242

secondary

#97CCD3

accent

#CFE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5242

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

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