#CC5259#CC5259

#CC5259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.155 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5259
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 48.96, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 53.35, 23.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1461 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.155 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7249, 19.5970, 11.6665)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5259 #52CCC5

analogous

#CC5296 #CC5259 #CC8852

triadic

#CC5259 #59CC52 #5259CC

tetradic

#CC5259 #96CC52 #52CCC5 #8852CC

square

#CC5259 #96CC52 #52CCC5 #8852CC

split-complementary

#CC5259 #52CC88 #5296CC

monochromatic

#7E252A #AE333A #CC5259 #DA8186 #E8B1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CC5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CC5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5259

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5259	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.155 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18787',
    500: '#cc5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5259;
$custom-light: #e18787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.557,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59975,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5259

secondary

#A4D6D3

accent

#DED54A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5259

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

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