#CC6255#CC6255

#CC6255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.137 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6255
RGB	rgb(204, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 40.95, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 49.21, 33.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.1204 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.137 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9118, 22.2322, 11.2560)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6255 #55BFCC

analogous

#CC5584 #CC6255 #CC9E55

triadic

#CC6255 #55CC62 #6255CC

tetradic

#CC6255 #84CC55 #55BFCC #9E55CC

square

#CC6255 #84CC55 #55BFCC #9E55CC

split-complementary

#CC6255 #55CC9E #5584CC

monochromatic

#803026 #AF4235 #CC6255 #DA8D84 #E8B9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#CC6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CC6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6255

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6255	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.137 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19185',
    500: '#cc6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6255;
$custom-light: #e19185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.555,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62138,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6255

secondary

#A6D1D7

accent

#CDDD4B

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6255

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

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