#CC5261#CC5261

#CC5261 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.155 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5261
RGB	rgb(204, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 49.61, 16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 52.33, 18.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1492 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.155 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0793, 19.7387, 13.5329)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5261 #52CCBD

analogous

#CC529E #CC5261 #CC8052

triadic

#CC5261 #61CC52 #5261CC

tetradic

#CC5261 #9ECC52 #52CCBD #8052CC

square

#CC5261 #9ECC52 #52CCBD #8052CC

split-complementary

#CC5261 #52CC80 #529ECC

monochromatic

#7E2530 #AE3342 #CC5261 #DA818C #E8B1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CC5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CC5261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5261

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5261	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.155 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1888d',
    500: '#cc5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5261;
$custom-light: #e1888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.623,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60149,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5261

secondary

#A4D6D0

accent

#DECC4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5261

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

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