#CC5350#CC5350

#CC5350 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.155 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5350
RGB	rgb(204, 83, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 47.85, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 54.69, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.1411 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.155 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4458, 19.6069, 9.8218)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5350 #50C9CC

analogous

#CC508B #CC5350 #CC9150

triadic

#CC5350 #50CC53 #5350CC

tetradic

#CC5350 #8BCC50 #50C9CC #9150CC

square

#CC5350 #8BCC50 #50C9CC #9150CC

split-complementary

#CC5350 #50CC91 #508BCC

monochromatic

#7D2724 #AD3532 #CC5350 #DA827F #E8B0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CC5350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CC5350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5350

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5350	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)

#716A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 83, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.155 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28881',
    500: '#cc5350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5350;
$custom-light: #e28881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.452,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59931,
    "c": 0.15488,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5350

secondary

#A2D4D6

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5350

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

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