#CC5F50#CC5F50

#CC5F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.142 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5F50
RGB	rgb(204, 95, 80)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 42.08, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 51.29, 34.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1231 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.142 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4446, 21.6046, 10.1547)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5F50 #50BDCC

analogous

#CC507F #CC5F50 #CC9D50

triadic

#CC5F50 #50CC5F #5F50CC

tetradic

#CC5F50 #7FCC50 #50BDCC #9D50CC

square

#CC5F50 #7FCC50 #50BDCC #9D50CC

split-complementary

#CC5F50 #50CC9D #507FCC

monochromatic

#7D2F24 #AD4132 #CC5F50 #DA8A7F #E8B6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CC5F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#CC5F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5F50

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5F50	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 95, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.142 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f81',
    500: '#cc5f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5f50;
$custom-light: #e18f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.258,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5F50

secondary

#A2CFD6

accent

#CCDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5F50

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

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