#CC7566

A light, moderate red closely aligning with Darksalmon.

About #CC7566

When working with digital screens, the color #CC7566 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darksalmon. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 204, 117, and 102.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 43% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 8.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#CC7566
RGB204, 117, 102
HSL8.8°, 50.0%, 60.0%
CMYK0%, 43%, 50%, 20%
HSV8.8°, 50.0%, 80.0%
LAB58.5, 32.5, 23.1
XYZ33.7, 26.5, 15.9
Decimal13399398

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.33:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.30:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.18:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.36:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #CC7566; }
.text-color { color: #CC7566; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #CC7566; }

Similar Colors

Darksalmon
#E9967A