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#cc5555

a balanced, vivid red · warm · closest name: salmon

RGB
204, 85, 85
HSL
0°, 54%, 57%
CMYK
0, 58, 58, 20
Luminance
0.1999

Every format

HEX#cc5555
RGBrgb(204, 85, 85)
HSLhsl(0, 54%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58%, 58%, 20%)
LABlab(51.8 47.3 24.1)
LCHlch(51.8 53.1 27.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.603 0.152 22.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #cc5555;
background-color: #cc5555;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cc5555] bg-[#cc5555]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cc5555;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.800, green: 0.333, blue: 0.333)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#cc5555")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#cc5555 on white: 4.20:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cc5555 on black: 5.00:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red80.0%
Green33.3%
Blue33.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta58.3%
Yellow58.3%
Key (black)20.0%

Color previews

#cc5555 text on a black background

contrast 5.00:1

Card sample

#cc5555 text on a white background

contrast 4.20:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cc5555;
Background color
Panel with #cc5555 background
background-color: #cc5555;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cc5555;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(204, 85, 85, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(204, 85, 85, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cc5555;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc5555, #CCA455);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cc5555

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #cc5555 in the Color Lab