#CC5156#CC5156

#CC5156 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.157 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5156
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 49.19, 22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 54.16, 24.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1464 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.157 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5266, 19.3979, 10.9916)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5156 #51CCC7

analogous

#CC5193 #CC5156 #CC8951

triadic

#CC5156 #56CC51 #5156CC

tetradic

#CC5156 #93CC51 #51CCC7 #8951CC

square

#CC5156 #93CC51 #51CCC7 #8951CC

split-complementary

#CC5156 #51CC89 #5193CC

monochromatic

#7E2528 #AD3338 #CC5156 #DA8084 #E8B0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CC5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CC5156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5156

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5156	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.157 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18785',
    500: '#cc5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5156;
$custom-light: #e18785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.561,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59784,
    "c": 0.15651,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5156

secondary

#A3D6D4

accent

#DED84A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5156

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

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