#CC5553#CC5553

#CC5553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.152 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5553
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 47.13, 25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 53.47, 28.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1394 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.152 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7143, 19.9627, 10.4704)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5553 #53CACC

analogous

#CC538E #CC5553 #CC9253

triadic

#CC5553 #53CC55 #5553CC

tetradic

#CC5553 #8ECC53 #53CACC #9253CC

square

#CC5553 #8ECC53 #53CACC #9253CC

split-complementary

#CC5553 #53CC92 #538ECC

monochromatic

#7F2726 #AE3634 #CC5553 #DA8482 #E8B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CC5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#CC5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5553

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5553	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)

#736C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.152 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18983',
    500: '#cc5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5553;
$custom-light: #e18983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.992,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60253,
    "c": 0.15223,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5553

secondary

#A4D5D6

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5553

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

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