#DD5156#DD5156

#DD5156 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.175 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5156
RGB	rgb(221, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 54.94, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 61.15, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1626 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.175 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4442, 21.9335, 11.2221)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5156 #51DDD8

analogous

#DD519C #DD5156 #DD9251

triadic

#DD5156 #56DD51 #5156DD

tetradic

#DD5156 #9CDD51 #51DDD8 #9251DD

square

#DD5156 #9CDD51 #51DDD8 #9251DD

split-complementary

#DD5156 #51DD92 #519CDD

monochromatic

#961D22 #C9272D #DD5156 #E78488 #F1B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DD5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DD5156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5156

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5156	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.175 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dd5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5156;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62427,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5156

secondary

#AAE0DE

accent

#EAE43E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5156

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

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