#CC5E56#CC5E56

#CC5E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.142 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E56
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 43.02, 25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 50.13, 30.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.127 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.142 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5868, 21.5183, 11.3450)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E56 #56C4CC

analogous

#CC5689 #CC5E56 #CC9956

triadic

#CC5E56 #56CC5E #5E56CC

tetradic

#CC5E56 #89CC56 #56C4CC #9956CC

square

#CC5E56 #89CC56 #56C4CC #9956CC

split-complementary

#CC5E56 #56CC99 #5689CC

monochromatic

#812D27 #B03D35 #CC5E56 #DA8B85 #E8B8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#CC5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#CC5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E56

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E56	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.142 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f85',
    500: '#cc5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e56;
$custom-light: #e18f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.068,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61567,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E56

secondary

#A7D4D7

accent

#D3DD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E56

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

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