#CC5B50#CC5B50

#CC5B50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.146 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5B50
RGB	rgb(204, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 44.05, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 52.38, 32.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.1292 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.146 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0935, 20.9024, 10.0377)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5B50 #50C1CC

analogous

#CC5083 #CC5B50 #CC9950

triadic

#CC5B50 #50CC5B #5B50CC

tetradic

#CC5B50 #83CC50 #50C1CC #9950CC

square

#CC5B50 #83CC50 #50C1CC #9950CC

split-complementary

#CC5B50 #50CC99 #5083CC

monochromatic

#7D2C24 #AD3D32 #CC5B50 #DA877F #E8B4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CC5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CC5B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5B50

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5B50	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.146 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18d81',
    500: '#cc5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5b50;
$custom-light: #e18d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61027,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5B50

secondary

#A2D1D6

accent

#D1DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5B50

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

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