#CC5249#CC5249

#CC5249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.157 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5249
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 47.85, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 56.59, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1399 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.157 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1245, 19.3568, 8.5046)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5249 #49C3CC

analogous

#CC4982 #CC5249 #CC9449

triadic

#CC5249 #49CC52 #5249CC

tetradic

#CC5249 #82CC49 #49C3CC #9449CC

square

#CC5249 #82CC49 #49C3CC #9449CC

split-complementary

#CC5249 #49CC94 #4982CC

monochromatic

#792822 #A9382F #CC5249 #D97F79 #E7ADA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CC5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CC5249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5249

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5249	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.157 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2877c',
    500: '#cc5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5249;
$custom-light: #e2877c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.122,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59677,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5249

secondary

#9DD0D4

accent

#D5E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5249

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

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