#CC6451#CC6451

#CC6451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.136 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6451
RGB	rgb(204, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 39.64, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 49.72, 37.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.1157 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.136 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9468, 22.5494, 10.5057)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6451 #51B9CC

analogous

#CC517B #CC6451 #CCA151

triadic

#CC6451 #51CC64 #6451CC

tetradic

#CC6451 #7BCC51 #51B9CC #A151CC

square

#CC6451 #7BCC51 #51B9CC #A151CC

split-complementary

#CC6451 #51CCA1 #517BCC

monochromatic

#7E3325 #AD4633 #CC6451 #DA8E80 #E8B8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#CC6451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#CC6451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6451

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6451	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE5260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.136 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19282',
    500: '#cc6451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6451;
$custom-light: #e19282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.268,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6451

secondary

#A3CED6

accent

#C7DE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6451

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

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