#CC5F42#CC5F42

#CC5F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.146 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5F42
RGB	rgb(204, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 41.20, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 55.32, 41.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.1179 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.146 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9802, 21.4189, 7.7087)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5F42 #42AFCC

analogous

#CC426A #CC5F42 #CCA442

triadic

#CC5F42 #42CC5F #5F42CC

tetradic

#CC5F42 #6ACC42 #42AFCC #A442CC

square

#CC5F42 #6ACC42 #42AFCC #A442CC

split-complementary

#CC5F42 #42CCA4 #426ACC

monochromatic

#74311F #A4462C #CC5F42 #D98872 #E6B1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CC5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CC5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5F42

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5F42	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.146 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f77',
    500: '#cc5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5f42;
$custom-light: #e28f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61389,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5F42

secondary

#97C6D3

accent

#C0E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5F42

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

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