#CC5351#CC5351

#CC5351 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.155 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5351
RGB	rgb(204, 83, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 47.92, 25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 54.48, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1415 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.155 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4830, 19.6217, 10.0178)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5351 #51CACC

analogous

#CC518C #CC5351 #CC9051

triadic

#CC5351 #51CC53 #5351CC

tetradic

#CC5351 #8CCC51 #51CACC #9051CC

square

#CC5351 #8CCC51 #51CACC #9051CC

split-complementary

#CC5351 #51CC90 #518CCC

monochromatic

#7E2625 #AD3533 #CC5351 #DA8280 #E8B1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CC5351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CC5351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5351

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5351	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 83, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.155 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28882',
    500: '#cc5351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5351;
$custom-light: #e28882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.976,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59949,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5351

secondary

#A3D5D6

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5351

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

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