#CC5451#CC5451

#CC5451 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.154 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5451
RGB	rgb(204, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 47.45, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 54.19, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1401 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.154 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5600, 19.7759, 10.0435)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5451 #51C9CC

analogous

#CC518B #CC5451 #CC9151

triadic

#CC5451 #51CC54 #5451CC

tetradic

#CC5451 #8BCC51 #51C9CC #9151CC

square

#CC5451 #8BCC51 #51C9CC #9151CC

split-complementary

#CC5451 #51CC91 #518BCC

monochromatic

#7E2725 #AD3633 #CC5451 #DA8380 #E8B1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CC5451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CC5451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5451

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5451	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)

#726B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90854E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.154 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28982',
    500: '#cc5451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5451;
$custom-light: #e28982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60082,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5451

secondary

#A3D5D6

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5451

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

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