#CC5555#CC5555

#CC5555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.152 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5555
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 47.27, 24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 53.08, 27.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1402 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.152 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7927, 19.9940, 10.8829)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5555 #55CCCC

analogous

#CC5591 #CC5555 #CC9155

triadic

#CC5555 #55CC55 #5555CC

tetradic

#CC5555 #91CC55 #55CCCC #9155CC

square

#CC5555 #91CC55 #55CCCC #9155CC

split-complementary

#CC5555 #55CC91 #5591CC

monochromatic

#802626 #AF3535 #CC5555 #DA8484 #E8B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CC5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CC5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5555

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5555	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.152 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18985',
    500: '#cc5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5555;
$custom-light: #e18985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60291,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5555

secondary

#A6D7D7

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5555

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

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