#CC5959#CC5959

#CC5959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.147 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5959
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 45.68, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 51.07, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1358 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.147 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2799, 20.7071, 11.8516)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5959 #59CCCC

analogous

#CC5993 #CC5959 #CC9359

triadic

#CC5959 #59CC59 #5959CC

tetradic

#CC5959 #93CC59 #59CCCC #9359CC

square

#CC5959 #93CC59 #59CCCC #9359CC

split-complementary

#CC5959 #59CC93 #5993CC

monochromatic

#832828 #B13636 #CC5959 #DA8888 #E9B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#CC5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CC5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5959

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5959	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.147 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18c88',
    500: '#cc5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5959;
$custom-light: #e18c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60916,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5959

secondary

#A9D8D8

accent

#DCDC4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5959

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

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