#CC5557#CC5557

#CC5557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.152 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5557
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 47.42, 23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 52.71, 25.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1409 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.152 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8732, 20.0262, 11.3073)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5557 #55CCCA

analogous

#CC5593 #CC5557 #CC8F55

triadic

#CC5557 #57CC55 #5557CC

tetradic

#CC5557 #93CC55 #55CCCA #8F55CC

square

#CC5557 #93CC55 #55CCCA #8F55CC

split-complementary

#CC5557 #55CC8F #5593CC

monochromatic

#802628 #AF3537 #CC5557 #DA8486 #E8B3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#CC5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#CC5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5557

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5557	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)

#726C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.152 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18986',
    500: '#cc5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5557;
$custom-light: #e18986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.992,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6033,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5557

secondary

#A6D7D6

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5557

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

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