#CC5A51#CC5A51

#CC5A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.147 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5A51
RGB	rgb(204, 90, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 44.61, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 52.43, 31.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1311 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.147 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0459, 20.7475, 10.2054)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5A51 #51C3CC

analogous

#CC5185 #CC5A51 #CC9751

triadic

#CC5A51 #51CC5A #5A51CC

tetradic

#CC5A51 #85CC51 #51C3CC #9751CC

square

#CC5A51 #85CC51 #51C3CC #9751CC

split-complementary

#CC5A51 #51CC97 #5185CC

monochromatic

#7E2B25 #AD3C33 #CC5A51 #DA8780 #E8B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CC5A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CC5A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5A51

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5A51	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 90, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.147 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18c82',
    500: '#cc5a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5a51;
$custom-light: #e18c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60904,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5A51

secondary

#A3D2D6

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5A51

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

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