#CC5055#CC5055

#CC5055 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.158 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5055
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 49.57, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 54.65, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1474 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.158 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4128, 19.2344, 10.7563)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5055 #50CCC7

analogous

#CC5093 #CC5055 #CC8950

triadic

#CC5055 #55CC50 #5055CC

tetradic

#CC5055 #93CC50 #50CCC7 #8950CC

square

#CC5055 #93CC50 #50CCC7 #8950CC

split-complementary

#CC5055 #50CC89 #5093CC

monochromatic

#7D2428 #AD3237 #CC5055 #DA7F83 #E8AFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CC5055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CC5055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5055

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5055	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.158 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28684',
    500: '#cc5055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5055;
$custom-light: #e28684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.581,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59636,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5055

secondary

#A2D6D4

accent

#DED84A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5055

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

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