#CC5250#CC5250

#CC5250 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.156 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5250
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 48.31, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 54.99, 28.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1426 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.156 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3698, 19.4549, 9.7965)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5250 #50CACC

analogous

#CC508C #CC5250 #CC9050

triadic

#CC5250 #50CC52 #5250CC

tetradic

#CC5250 #8CCC50 #50CACC #9050CC

square

#CC5250 #8CCC50 #50CACC #9050CC

split-complementary

#CC5250 #50CC90 #508CCC

monochromatic

#7D2624 #AD3432 #CC5250 #DA817F #E8B0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CC5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CC5250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5250

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5250	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F844D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.156 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28781',
    500: '#cc5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5250;
$custom-light: #e28781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.968,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59799,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5250

secondary

#A2D5D6

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5250

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

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