#DD5151#DD5151

#DD5151 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.176 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5151
RGB	rgb(221, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 54.62, 29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 62.15, 28.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1607 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.176 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2498, 21.8558, 10.1981)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5151 #51DDDD

analogous

#DD5197 #DD5151 #DD9751

triadic

#DD5151 #51DD51 #5151DD

tetradic

#DD5151 #97DD51 #51DDDD #9751DD

square

#DD5151 #97DD51 #51DDDD #9751DD

split-complementary

#DD5151 #51DD97 #5197DD

monochromatic

#961D1D #C92727 #DD5151 #E78484 #F1B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DD5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DD5151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5151

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5151	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.176 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8882',
    500: '#dd5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5151;
$custom-light: #ef8882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62338,
    "c": 0.17555,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5151

secondary

#AAE0E0

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5151

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

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