#CC5855#CC5855

#CC5855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.149 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5855
RGB	rgb(204, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 45.86, 24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 52.15, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1357 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.149 24)
XYZ	xyz(30.0339, 20.4764, 10.9633)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5855 #55C9CC

analogous

#CC558E #CC5855 #CC9455

triadic

#CC5855 #55CC58 #5855CC

tetradic

#CC5855 #8ECC55 #55C9CC #9455CC

square

#CC5855 #8ECC55 #55C9CC #9455CC

split-complementary

#CC5855 #55CC94 #558ECC

monochromatic

#802926 #AF3835 #CC5855 #DA8684 #E8B4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#CC5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#CC5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5855

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5855	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.149 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18b85',
    500: '#cc5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5855;
$custom-light: #e18b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.513,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60699,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.20473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5855

secondary

#A6D6D7

accent

#DADD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5855

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

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