#CC6242#CC6242

#CC6242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.143 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6242
RGB	rgb(204, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 39.69, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 54.69, 43.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1132 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.143 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2557, 21.9698, 7.8005)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6242 #42ACCC

analogous

#CC4267 #CC6242 #CCA742

triadic

#CC6242 #42CC62 #6242CC

tetradic

#CC6242 #67CC42 #42ACCC #A742CC

square

#CC6242 #67CC42 #42ACCC #A742CC

split-complementary

#CC6242 #42CCA7 #4267CC

monochromatic

#74331F #A4482C #CC6242 #D98A72 #E6B2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#CC6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#CC6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6242

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6242	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.143 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29177',
    500: '#cc6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6242;
$custom-light: #e29177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61837,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6242

secondary

#97C5D3

accent

#BDE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6242

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

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