#CC5F59#CC5F59

#CC5F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.140 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5F59
RGB	rgb(204, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 42.75, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 49.18, 29.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1266 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.14 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7997, 21.7467, 12.0248)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5F59 #59C6CC

analogous

#CC598D #CC5F59 #CC9859

triadic

#CC5F59 #59CC5F #5F59CC

tetradic

#CC5F59 #8DCC59 #59C6CC #9859CC

square

#CC5F59 #8DCC59 #59C6CC #9859CC

split-complementary

#CC5F59 #59CC98 #598DCC

monochromatic

#832D28 #B13D36 #CC5F59 #DA8C88 #E9B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CC5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#CC5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5F59

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5F59	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.140 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f88',
    500: '#cc5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5f59;
$custom-light: #e18f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.13,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6177,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5F59

secondary

#A9D5D8

accent

#D5DC4B

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5F59

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

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