#CC5342#CC5342

#CC5342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.157 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5342
RGB	rgb(204, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 46.98, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 58.17, 36.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1358 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.157 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9813, 19.4211, 7.3757)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5342 #42BBCC

analogous

#CC4276 #CC5342 #CC9842

triadic

#CC5342 #42CC53 #5342CC

tetradic

#CC5342 #76CC42 #42BBCC #9842CC

square

#CC5342 #76CC42 #42BBCC #9842CC

split-complementary

#CC5342 #42CC98 #4276CC

monochromatic

#742A1F #A43B2C #CC5342 #D97F72 #E6ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CC5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CC5342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5342

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5342	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.157 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28877',
    500: '#cc5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5342;
$custom-light: #e28877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59701,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5342

secondary

#97CBD3

accent

#CEE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5342

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

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