#CC5056#CC5056

#CC5056 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.158 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5056
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 49.65, 22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 54.48, 24.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.1478 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.158 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4528, 19.2504, 10.9670)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5056 #50CCC6

analogous

#CC5094 #CC5056 #CC8850

triadic

#CC5056 #56CC50 #5056CC

tetradic

#CC5056 #94CC50 #50CCC6 #8850CC

square

#CC5056 #94CC50 #50CCC6 #8850CC

split-complementary

#CC5056 #50CC88 #5094CC

monochromatic

#7D2429 #AD3238 #CC5056 #DA7F84 #E8AFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CC5056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CC5056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5056

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5056	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)

#6E6955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.158 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18685',
    500: '#cc5056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5056;
$custom-light: #e18685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.097,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59656,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5056

secondary

#A2D6D3

accent

#DED74A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5056

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

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