#DD4F51#DD4F51

#DD4F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.178 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4F51
RGB	rgb(221, 79, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 55.47, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 62.71, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.1634 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.178 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1034, 21.5629, 10.1492)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4F51 #4FDDDB

analogous

#DD4F98 #DD4F51 #DD944F

triadic

#DD4F51 #51DD4F #4F51DD

tetradic

#DD4F51 #98DD4F #4FDDDB #944FDD

square

#DD4F51 #98DD4F #4FDDDB #944FDD

split-complementary

#DD4F51 #4FDD94 #4F98DD

monochromatic

#951D1E #C82729 #DD4F51 #E78284 #F1B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#DD4F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#DD4F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4F51

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4F51	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 79, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.178 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8782',
    500: '#dd4f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4f51;
$custom-light: #ef8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.155,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62103,
    "c": 0.17765,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4F51

secondary

#A8E0DF

accent

#EAE83D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4F51

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

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