#DD5141#DD5141

#DD5141 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.178 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5141
RGB	rgb(221, 81, 65)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 53.75, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 66.09, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.1549 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.178 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7189, 21.6434, 7.4021)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5141 #41CDDD

analogous

#DD417F #DD5141 #DD9F41

triadic

#DD5141 #41DD51 #5141DD

tetradic

#DD5141 #7FDD41 #41CDDD #9F41DD

square

#DD5141 #7FDD41 #41CDDD #9F41DD

split-complementary

#DD5141 #41DD9F #417FDD

monochromatic

#8B2519 #BF3222 #DD5141 #E68175 #F0B0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DD5141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DD5141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5141

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5141	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 81, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.178 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8876',
    500: '#dd5141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5141;
$custom-light: #ef8876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.154,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62094,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5141

secondary

#9DD7DD

accent

#DAEC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5141

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

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