#CC5155#CC5155

#CC5155 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.157 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5155
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 49.12, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 54.33, 25.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.146 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.157 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4866, 19.3819, 10.7809)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5155 #51CCC8

analogous

#CC5192 #CC5155 #CC8A51

triadic

#CC5155 #55CC51 #5155CC

tetradic

#CC5155 #92CC51 #51CCC8 #8A51CC

square

#CC5155 #92CC51 #51CCC8 #8A51CC

split-complementary

#CC5155 #51CC8A #5192CC

monochromatic

#7E2528 #AD3337 #CC5155 #DA8083 #E8B0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CC5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CC5155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5155

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5155	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.157 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28784',
    500: '#cc5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5155;
$custom-light: #e28784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.049,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59764,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5155

secondary

#A3D6D4

accent

#DED94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5155

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

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