#CC5D42#CC5D42

#CC5D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.147 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5D42
RGB	rgb(204, 93, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 42.19, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 55.77, 40.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1209 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.147 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8024, 21.0632, 7.6494)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5D42 #42B1CC

analogous

#CC426C #CC5D42 #CCA242

triadic

#CC5D42 #42CC5D #5D42CC

tetradic

#CC5D42 #6CCC42 #42B1CC #A242CC

square

#CC5D42 #6CCC42 #42B1CC #A242CC

split-complementary

#CC5D42 #42CCA2 #426CCC

monochromatic

#74301F #A4442C #CC5D42 #D98672 #E6B0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CC5D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CC5D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5D42

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5D42	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 93, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.147 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28e77',
    500: '#cc5d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5d42;
$custom-light: #e28e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61095,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5D42

secondary

#97C7D3

accent

#C3E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5D42

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

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