#CC5159#CC5159

#CC5159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.156 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5159
RGB	rgb(204, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 49.42, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 53.68, 22.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.1475 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.156 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6500, 19.4473, 11.6416)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5159 #51CCC4

analogous

#CC5196 #CC5159 #CC8651

triadic

#CC5159 #59CC51 #5159CC

tetradic

#CC5159 #96CC51 #51CCC4 #8651CC

square

#CC5159 #96CC51 #51CCC4 #8651CC

split-complementary

#CC5159 #51CC86 #5196CC

monochromatic

#7E252B #AD333B #CC5159 #DA8086 #E8B0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CC5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CC5159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5159

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5159	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.156 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18787',
    500: '#cc5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5159;
$custom-light: #e18787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.098,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59846,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5159

secondary

#A3D6D3

accent

#DED44A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5159

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

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