#CC6161#CC6161

#CC6161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.136 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6161
RGB	rgb(204, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 42.42, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 47.06, 25.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1267 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.136 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3366, 22.2534, 13.9520)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6161 #61CCCC

analogous

#CC6197 #CC6161 #CC9761

triadic

#CC6161 #61CC61 #6161CC

tetradic

#CC6161 #97CC61 #61CCCC #9761CC

square

#CC6161 #97CC61 #61CCCC #9761CC

split-complementary

#CC6161 #61CC97 #6197CC

monochromatic

#872C2C #B53B3B #CC6161 #DB8F8F #EABEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#CC6161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CC6161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6161

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6161	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE5162

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.136 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0918d',
    500: '#cc6161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6161;
$custom-light: #e0918d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62226,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6161

secondary

#AFD9D9

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6161

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

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