#CC5559#CC5559

#CC5559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.152 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5559
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 47.58, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 52.36, 24.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1417 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.152 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9561, 20.0594, 11.7436)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5559 #55CCC8

analogous

#CC5595 #CC5559 #CC8D55

triadic

#CC5559 #59CC55 #5559CC

tetradic

#CC5559 #95CC55 #55CCC8 #8D55CC

square

#CC5559 #95CC55 #55CCC8 #8D55CC

split-complementary

#CC5559 #55CC8D #5595CC

monochromatic

#802629 #AF3539 #CC5559 #DA8487 #E8B3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CC5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#CC5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5559

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5559	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.152 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18987',
    500: '#cc5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5559;
$custom-light: #e18987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.983,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6037,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5559

secondary

#A6D7D5

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5559

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

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