#DD4A51#DD4A51

#DD4A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.183 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4A51
RGB	rgb(221, 74, 81)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 57.51, 28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 64.09, 26.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1699 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.183 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7562, 20.8685, 10.0335)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4A51 #4ADDD6

analogous

#DD4A9A #DD4A51 #DD8C4A

triadic

#DD4A51 #51DD4A #4A51DD

tetradic

#DD4A51 #9ADD4A #4ADDD6 #8C4ADD

square

#DD4A51 #9ADD4A #4ADDD6 #8C4ADD

split-complementary

#DD4A51 #4ADD8C #4A9ADD

monochromatic

#911B21 #C5252D #DD4A51 #E77E83 #F0B1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#DD4A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#DD4A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4A51

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4A51	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2264E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 74, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.183 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8581',
    500: '#dd4a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4a51;
$custom-light: #ef8581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61538,
    "c": 0.18281,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4A51

secondary

#A4DFDC

accent

#EBE33D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4A51

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

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