#CC5542#CC5542

#CC5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.155 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5542
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 46.05, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 57.67, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.1329 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.155 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1366, 19.7315, 7.4275)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5542 #42B9CC

analogous

#CC4274 #CC5542 #CC9A42

triadic

#CC5542 #42CC55 #5542CC

tetradic

#CC5542 #74CC42 #42B9CC #9A42CC

square

#CC5542 #74CC42 #42B9CC #9A42CC

split-complementary

#CC5542 #42CC9A #4274CC

monochromatic

#742B1F #A43D2C #CC5542 #D98072 #E6ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CC5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CC5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5542

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5542	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.155 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28977',
    500: '#cc5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5542;
$custom-light: #e28977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5997,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5542

secondary

#97CBD3

accent

#CCE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5542

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

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