#CC5960#CC5960

#CC5960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.146 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5960
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 52.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 46.25, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 49.96, 22.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1385 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.146 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5880, 20.8303, 13.4739)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5960 #59CCC5

analogous

#CC5999 #CC5960 #CC8C59

triadic

#CC5960 #60CC59 #5960CC

tetradic

#CC5960 #99CC59 #59CCC5 #8C59CC

square

#CC5960 #99CC59 #59CCC5 #8C59CC

split-complementary

#CC5960 #59CC8C #5999CC

monochromatic

#83282E #B1363E #CC5960 #DA888D #E9B7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CC5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CC5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5960

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5960	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91875D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.146 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18c8d',
    500: '#cc5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5960;
$custom-light: #e18c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.348,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61062,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5960

secondary

#A9D8D5

accent

#DCD44B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5960

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

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