#CC5656#CC5656

#CC5656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.151 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5656
RGB	rgb(204, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 46.88, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 52.57, 26.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1391 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.151 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9119, 20.1686, 11.1201)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5656 #56CCCC

analogous

#CC5691 #CC5656 #CC9156

triadic

#CC5656 #56CC56 #5656CC

tetradic

#CC5656 #91CC56 #56CCCC #9156CC

square

#CC5656 #91CC56 #56CCCC #9156CC

split-complementary

#CC5656 #56CC91 #5691CC

monochromatic

#812727 #B03535 #CC5656 #DA8585 #E8B4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CC5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CC5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5656

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5656	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.151 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18a85',
    500: '#cc5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5656;
$custom-light: #e18a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60445,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5656

secondary

#A7D7D7

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5656

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

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