#CC5243#CC5243

#CC5243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.158 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5243
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 47.50, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 58.14, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1376 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.158 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9351, 19.2811, 7.5070)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5243 #43BDCC

analogous

#CC4379 #CC5243 #CC9643

triadic

#CC5243 #43CC52 #5243CC

tetradic

#CC5243 #79CC43 #43BDCC #9643CC

square

#CC5243 #79CC43 #43BDCC #9643CC

split-complementary

#CC5243 #43CC96 #4379CC

monochromatic

#752920 #A53A2D #CC5243 #D97E73 #E6ABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CC5243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CC5243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5243

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5243	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.158 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28777',
    500: '#cc5243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5243;
$custom-light: #e28777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.569,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59583,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5243

secondary

#98CCD3

accent

#D0E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5243

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

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