#CC5245#CC5245

#CC5245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.158 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5245
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 47.61, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 57.61, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1384 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.158 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9961, 19.3055, 7.8285)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5245 #45BFCC

analogous

#CC457B #CC5245 #CC9545

triadic

#CC5245 #45CC52 #5245CC

tetradic

#CC5245 #7BCC45 #45BFCC #9545CC

square

#CC5245 #7BCC45 #45BFCC #9545CC

split-complementary

#CC5245 #45CC95 #457BCC

monochromatic

#762920 #A6392E #CC5245 #D97F75 #E6ABA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CC5245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CC5245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5245

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5245	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	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)

#726943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.158 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28779',
    500: '#cc5245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5245;
$custom-light: #e28779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59613,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5245

secondary

#99CED3

accent

#D2E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5245

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

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