#CC5942#CC5942

#CC5942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.151 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5942
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 44.14, 35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 56.70, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.127 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.151 33)
XYZ	xyz(29.4604, 20.3793, 7.5354)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5942 #42B5CC

analogous

#CC4270 #CC5942 #CC9E42

triadic

#CC5942 #42CC59 #5942CC

tetradic

#CC5942 #70CC42 #42B5CC #9E42CC

square

#CC5942 #70CC42 #42B5CC #9E42CC

split-complementary

#CC5942 #42CC9E #4270CC

monochromatic

#742E1F #A4402C #CC5942 #D98372 #E6AEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#CC5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#CC5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5942

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5942	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.151 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28b77',
    500: '#cc5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5942;
$custom-light: #e28b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60523,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.20375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5942

secondary

#97C9D3

accent

#C7E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5942

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

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