#CC5051#CC5051

#CC5051 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.158 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5051
RGB	rgb(204, 80, 81)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(360, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 49.29, 25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 55.39, 27.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1458 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.158 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2584, 19.1726, 9.9429)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5051 #50CCCB

analogous

#CC508F #CC5051 #CC8D50

triadic

#CC5051 #51CC50 #5051CC

tetradic

#CC5051 #8FCC50 #50CCCB #8D50CC

square

#CC5051 #8FCC50 #50CCCB #8D50CC

split-complementary

#CC5051 #50CC8D #508FCC

monochromatic

#7D2425 #AD3233 #CC5051 #DA7F80 #E8AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#CC5051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CC5051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5051

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5051	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 80, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.158 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28681',
    500: '#cc5051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5051;
$custom-light: #e28681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.516,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59559,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5051

secondary

#A2D6D5

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5051

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

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