#CC4551#CC4551

#CC4551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.170 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4551
RGB	rgb(204, 69, 81)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 54.04, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 58.72, 23.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1609 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.17 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5179, 17.6916, 9.6961)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4551 #45CCC0

analogous

#CC4594 #CC4551 #CC7C45

triadic

#CC4551 #51CC45 #4551CC

tetradic

#CC4551 #94CC45 #45CCC0 #7C45CC

square

#CC4551 #94CC45 #45CCC0 #7C45CC

split-complementary

#CC4551 #45CC7C #4594CC

monochromatic

#762028 #A62E38 #CC4551 #D9757E #E6A5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#CC4551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#CC4551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4551

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4551	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF274A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 69, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.170 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28081',
    500: '#cc4551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4551;
$custom-light: #e28081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58233,
    "c": 0.17028,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4551

secondary

#99D3CE

accent

#E0D348

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4551

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

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