#CC6251#CC6251

#CC6251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.138 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6251
RGB	rgb(204, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 40.66, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 50.23, 35.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.1188 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.138 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7573, 22.1704, 10.4426)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6251 #51BBCC

analogous

#CC517D #CC6251 #CC9F51

triadic

#CC6251 #51CC62 #6251CC

tetradic

#CC6251 #7DCC51 #51BBCC #9F51CC

square

#CC6251 #7DCC51 #51BBCC #9F51CC

split-complementary

#CC6251 #51CC9F #517DCC

monochromatic

#7E3125 #AD4433 #CC6251 #DA8D80 #E8B7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#CC6251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#CC6251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6251

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6251	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.138 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19182',
    500: '#cc6251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6251;
$custom-light: #e19182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.293,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62067,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6251

secondary

#A3CFD6

accent

#CADE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6251

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

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