#CC5851#CC5851

#CC5851 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.149 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5851
RGB	rgb(204, 88, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 45.57, 27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 53.01, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1341 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.149 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8794, 20.4146, 10.1500)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5851 #51C5CC

analogous

#CC5187 #CC5851 #CC9551

triadic

#CC5851 #51CC58 #5851CC

tetradic

#CC5851 #87CC51 #51C5CC #9551CC

square

#CC5851 #87CC51 #51C5CC #9551CC

split-complementary

#CC5851 #51CC95 #5187CC

monochromatic

#7E2A25 #AD3A33 #CC5851 #DA8580 #E8B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CC5851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CC5851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5851

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5851	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92864E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 88, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.149 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18b82',
    500: '#cc5851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5851;
$custom-light: #e18b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.415,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60625,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5851

secondary

#A3D3D6

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5851

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

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