#CC5256#CC5256

#CC5256 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.155 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5256
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 48.74, 22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 53.84, 25.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1449 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.155 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6015, 19.5476, 11.0166)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5256 #52CCC8

analogous

#CC5293 #CC5256 #CC8B52

triadic

#CC5256 #56CC52 #5256CC

tetradic

#CC5256 #93CC52 #52CCC8 #8B52CC

square

#CC5256 #93CC52 #52CCC8 #8B52CC

split-complementary

#CC5256 #52CC8B #5293CC

monochromatic

#7E2528 #AE3337 #CC5256 #DA8184 #E8B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CC5256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CC5256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5256

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5256	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)

#706A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.155 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18785',
    500: '#cc5256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5256;
$custom-light: #e18785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.033,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5256

secondary

#A4D6D4

accent

#DED94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5256

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

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