#CC5442#CC5442

#CC5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.156 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5442
RGB	rgb(204, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 46.52, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 57.92, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1344 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.156 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0584, 19.5752, 7.4014)
Luminance	0.1957 (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

#CC5442 #42BACC

analogous

#CC4275 #CC5442 #CC9942

triadic

#CC5442 #42CC54 #5442CC

tetradic

#CC5442 #75CC42 #42BACC #9942CC

square

#CC5442 #75CC42 #42BACC #9942CC

split-complementary

#CC5442 #42CC99 #4275CC

monochromatic

#742A1F #A43C2C #CC5442 #D98072 #E6ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CC5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CC5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5442

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5442	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.156 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28877',
    500: '#cc5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5442;
$custom-light: #e28877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59835,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5442

secondary

#97CBD3

accent

#CDE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5442

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

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