#CC5A42#CC5A42

#CC5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.150 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5A42
RGB	rgb(204, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 43.66, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 56.46, 39.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1255 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.15 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5442, 20.5468, 7.5634)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5A42 #42B4CC

analogous

#CC426F #CC5A42 #CC9F42

triadic

#CC5A42 #42CC5A #5A42CC

tetradic

#CC5A42 #6FCC42 #42B4CC #9F42CC

square

#CC5A42 #6FCC42 #42B4CC #9F42CC

split-complementary

#CC5A42 #42CC9F #426FCC

monochromatic

#742E1F #A4412C #CC5A42 #D98472 #E6AEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CC5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#CC5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5A42

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5A42	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.150 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c77',
    500: '#cc5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5a42;
$custom-light: #e28c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60664,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5A42

secondary

#97C8D3

accent

#C6E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5A42

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

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