#CC5050#CC5050

#CC5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.158 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5050
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 49.22, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 55.59, 27.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1454 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.158 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2212, 19.1577, 9.7469)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5050 #50CCCC

analogous

#CC508E #CC5050 #CC8E50

triadic

#CC5050 #50CC50 #5050CC

tetradic

#CC5050 #8ECC50 #50CCCC #8E50CC

square

#CC5050 #8ECC50 #50CCCC #8E50CC

split-complementary

#CC5050 #50CC8E #508ECC

monochromatic

#7D2424 #AD3232 #CC5050 #DA7F7F #E8AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CC5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CC5050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5050

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5050	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F694F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.158 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28681',
    500: '#cc5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5050;
$custom-light: #e28681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5954,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5050

secondary

#A2D6D6

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5050

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

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