#DD5051#DD5051

#DD5051 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.177 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5051
RGB	rgb(221, 80, 81)
HSL	hsl(360, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 55.05, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 62.43, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1621 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.177 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1760, 21.7082, 10.1735)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5051 #50DDDC

analogous

#DD5098 #DD5051 #DD9550

triadic

#DD5051 #51DD50 #5051DD

tetradic

#DD5051 #98DD50 #50DDDC #9550DD

square

#DD5051 #98DD50 #50DDDC #9550DD

split-complementary

#DD5051 #50DD95 #5098DD

monochromatic

#961D1E #C92728 #DD5051 #E78384 #F1B6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DD5051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DD5051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5051

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5051	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 80, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.177 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8882',
    500: '#dd5051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5051;
$custom-light: #ef8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.574,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6222,
    "c": 0.1766,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5051

secondary

#A9E0E0

accent

#EAE93D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5051

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

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