#CC5252#CC5252

#CC5252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.156 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5252
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 59.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 48.45, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 54.58, 27.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1434 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.156 23)
XYZ	xyz(29.4448, 19.4849, 10.1914)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5252 #52CCCC

analogous

#CC528F #CC5252 #CC8F52

triadic

#CC5252 #52CC52 #5252CC

tetradic

#CC5252 #8FCC52 #52CCCC #8F52CC

square

#CC5252 #8FCC52 #52CCCC #8F52CC

split-complementary

#CC5252 #52CC8F #528FCC

monochromatic

#7E2525 #AE3333 #CC5252 #DA8181 #E8B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CC5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CC5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5252

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5252	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F844F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.156 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28782',
    500: '#cc5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5252;
$custom-light: #e28782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59836,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.19481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5252

secondary

#A4D6D6

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5252

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

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