#CC6042#CC6042

#CC6042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.145 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6042
RGB	rgb(204, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 40.70, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 55.11, 42.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1163 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.145 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0709, 21.6002, 7.7389)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6042 #42AECC

analogous

#CC4269 #CC6042 #CCA542

triadic

#CC6042 #42CC60 #6042CC

tetradic

#CC6042 #69CC42 #42AECC #A542CC

square

#CC6042 #69CC42 #42AECC #A542CC

split-complementary

#CC6042 #42CCA5 #4269CC

monochromatic

#74321F #A4462C #CC6042 #D98972 #E6B1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CC6042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#CC6042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6042

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6042	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.145 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29077',
    500: '#cc6042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6042;
$custom-light: #e29077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61537,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6042

secondary

#97C6D3

accent

#BFE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6042

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

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