#CC5E43#CC5E43

#CC5E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.146 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E43
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 41.75, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 55.24, 40.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1198 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.146 35)
XYZ	xyz(29.9204, 21.2518, 7.8355)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E43 #43B1CC

analogous

#CC436C #CC5E43 #CCA243

triadic

#CC5E43 #43CC5E #5E43CC

tetradic

#CC5E43 #6CCC43 #43B1CC #A243CC

square

#CC5E43 #6CCC43 #43B1CC #A243CC

split-complementary

#CC5E43 #43CCA2 #436CCC

monochromatic

#753020 #A5442D #CC5E43 #D98773 #E6B0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CC5E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CC5E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E43

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E43	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.146 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28e78',
    500: '#cc5e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e43;
$custom-light: #e28e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.825,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61255,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.21248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E43

secondary

#98C7D3

accent

#C2E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E43

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

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