#DD4E51#DD4E51

#DD4E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.179 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4E51
RGB	rgb(221, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 55.88, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 62.99, 27.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1647 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.179 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0318, 21.4197, 10.1254)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4E51 #4EDDDA

analogous

#DD4E98 #DD4E51 #DD924E

triadic

#DD4E51 #51DD4E #4E51DD

tetradic

#DD4E51 #98DD4E #4EDDDA #924EDD

square

#DD4E51 #98DD4E #4EDDDA #924EDD

split-complementary

#DD4E51 #4EDD92 #4E98DD

monochromatic

#941C1F #C7262A #DD4E51 #E78183 #F1B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#DD4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#DD4E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4E51

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4E51	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.179 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8782',
    500: '#dd4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4e51;
$custom-light: #ef8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.741,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61987,
    "c": 0.17868,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4E51

secondary

#A7E0DE

accent

#EBE73D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4E51

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

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