#CC5642#CC5642

#CC5642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.154 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5642
RGB	rgb(204, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 45.57, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 57.42, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1315 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.154 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2158, 19.8901, 7.4539)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5642 #42B8CC

analogous

#CC4273 #CC5642 #CC9B42

triadic

#CC5642 #42CC56 #5642CC

tetradic

#CC5642 #73CC42 #42B8CC #9B42CC

square

#CC5642 #73CC42 #42B8CC #9B42CC

split-complementary

#CC5642 #42CC9B #4273CC

monochromatic

#742C1F #A43E2C #CC5642 #D98172 #E6ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CC5642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CC5642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5642

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5642	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.154 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28977',
    500: '#cc5642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5642;
$custom-light: #e28977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60106,
    "c": 0.15441,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5642

secondary

#97CAD3

accent

#CAE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5642

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

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