#CC5253#CC5253

#CC5253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.156 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5253
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 48.52, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 54.39, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1437 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.156 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4831, 19.5003, 10.3933)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5253 #52CCCB

analogous

#CC5290 #CC5253 #CC8E52

triadic

#CC5253 #53CC52 #5253CC

tetradic

#CC5253 #90CC52 #52CCCB #8E52CC

square

#CC5253 #90CC52 #52CCCB #8E52CC

split-complementary

#CC5253 #52CC8E #5290CC

monochromatic

#7E2526 #AE3334 #CC5253 #DA8182 #E8B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CC5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CC5253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5253

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5253	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)

#706A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.156 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28783',
    500: '#cc5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5253;
$custom-light: #e28783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.508,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59855,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5253

secondary

#A4D6D6

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5253

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

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