#CC5552#CC5552

#CC5552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.152 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5552
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 59.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 47.06, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 53.68, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.139 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.152 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6760, 19.9473, 10.2685)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5552 #52C9CC

analogous

#CC528C #CC5552 #CC9252

triadic

#CC5552 #52CC55 #5552CC

tetradic

#CC5552 #8CCC52 #52C9CC #9252CC

square

#CC5552 #8CCC52 #52C9CC #9252CC

split-complementary

#CC5552 #52CC92 #528CCC

monochromatic

#7E2725 #AE3633 #CC5552 #DA8381 #E8B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CC5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#CC5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5552

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5552	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90854F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.152 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18982',
    500: '#cc5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5552;
$custom-light: #e18982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.475,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60234,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5552

secondary

#A4D5D6

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5552

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

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