#CC5A55#CC5A55

#CC5A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.146 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5A55
RGB	rgb(204, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 44.89, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 51.54, 29.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1327 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.146 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2003, 20.8093, 11.0188)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5A55 #55C7CC

analogous

#CC558C #CC5A55 #CC9655

triadic

#CC5A55 #55CC5A #5A55CC

tetradic

#CC5A55 #8CCC55 #55C7CC #9655CC

square

#CC5A55 #8CCC55 #55C7CC #9655CC

split-complementary

#CC5A55 #55CC96 #558CCC

monochromatic

#802A26 #AF3A35 #CC5A55 #DA8884 #E8B5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CC5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#CC5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5A55

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5A55	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.146 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18c85',
    500: '#cc5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5a55;
$custom-light: #e18c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.521,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60977,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5A55

secondary

#A6D5D7

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5A55

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

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