#CC5E53#CC5E53

#CC5E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.142 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E53
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 42.79, 27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 50.82, 32.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1258 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.142 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4685, 21.4710, 10.7218)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E53 #53C1CC

analogous

#CC5385 #CC5E53 #CC9B53

triadic

#CC5E53 #53CC5E #5E53CC

tetradic

#CC5E53 #85CC53 #53C1CC #9B53CC

square

#CC5E53 #85CC53 #53C1CC #9B53CC

split-complementary

#CC5E53 #53CC9B #5385CC

monochromatic

#7F2E26 #AE3F34 #CC5E53 #DA8A82 #E8B6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#CC5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#CC5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E53

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E53	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.142 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f83',
    500: '#cc5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e53;
$custom-light: #e18f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61512,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E53

secondary

#A4D2D6

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E53

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

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