#CC5E50#CC5E50

#CC5E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.143 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E50
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 42.58, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 51.56, 34.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1246 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.143 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3551, 21.4256, 10.1249)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E50 #50BECC

analogous

#CC5080 #CC5E50 #CC9C50

triadic

#CC5E50 #50CC5E #5E50CC

tetradic

#CC5E50 #80CC50 #50BECC #9C50CC

square

#CC5E50 #80CC50 #50BECC #9C50CC

split-complementary

#CC5E50 #50CC9C #5080CC

monochromatic

#7D2E24 #AD4032 #CC5E50 #DA8A7F #E8B5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#CC5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CC5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E50

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E50	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.143 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f81',
    500: '#cc5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e50;
$custom-light: #e18f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.774,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61459,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E50

secondary

#A2D0D6

accent

#CDDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E50

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

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