#CC5151#CC5151

#CC5151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.157 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5151
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 48.84, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 55.09, 27.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1444 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.157 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3322, 19.3201, 9.9675)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5151 #51CCCC

analogous

#CC518E #CC5151 #CC8E51

triadic

#CC5151 #51CC51 #5151CC

tetradic

#CC5151 #8ECC51 #51CCCC #8E51CC

square

#CC5151 #8ECC51 #51CCCC #8E51CC

split-complementary

#CC5151 #51CC8E #518ECC

monochromatic

#7E2525 #AD3333 #CC5151 #DA8080 #E8B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CC5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CC5151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5151

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5151	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.157 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28782',
    500: '#cc5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5151;
$custom-light: #e28782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5151

secondary

#A3D6D6

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5151

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

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