#CC5550#CC5550

#CC5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.153 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5550
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 46.92, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 54.11, 29.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1382 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.153 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6010, 19.9173, 9.8735)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5550 #50C7CC

analogous

#CC5089 #CC5550 #CC9350

triadic

#CC5550 #50CC55 #5550CC

tetradic

#CC5550 #89CC50 #50C7CC #9350CC

square

#CC5550 #89CC50 #50C7CC #9350CC

split-complementary

#CC5550 #50CC93 #5089CC

monochromatic

#7D2824 #AD3732 #CC5550 #DA837F #E8B1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CC5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CC5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5550

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5550	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.153 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28981',
    500: '#cc5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5550;
$custom-light: #e28981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.419,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60197,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5550

secondary

#A2D4D6

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5550

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

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