#CC5255#CC5255

#CC5255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.155 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5255
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 48.66, 23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 54.02, 25.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1445 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.155 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5615, 19.5316, 10.8059)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5255 #52CCC9

analogous

#CC5292 #CC5255 #CC8C52

triadic

#CC5255 #55CC52 #5255CC

tetradic

#CC5255 #92CC52 #52CCC9 #8C52CC

square

#CC5255 #92CC52 #52CCC9 #8C52CC

split-complementary

#CC5255 #52CC8C #5292CC

monochromatic

#7E2527 #AE3336 #CC5255 #DA8183 #E8B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CC5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CC5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5255

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5255	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.155 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18784',
    500: '#cc5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5255;
$custom-light: #e18784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.525,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59894,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5255

secondary

#A4D6D5

accent

#DEDA4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5255

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

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