#DD5161#DD5161

#DD5161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.175 H 17.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5161
RGB	rgb(221, 81, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 55.71, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 59.41, 20.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.1669 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.175 17)
XYZ	xyz(34.9220, 22.1247, 13.7385)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5161 #51DDCD

analogous

#DD51A7 #DD5161 #DD8751

triadic

#DD5161 #61DD51 #5161DD

tetradic

#DD5161 #A7DD51 #51DDCD #8751DD

square

#DD5161 #A7DD51 #51DDCD #8751DD

split-complementary

#DD5161 #51DD87 #51A7DD

monochromatic

#961D2B #C9273A #DD5161 #E7848F #F1B7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DD5161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DD5161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5161

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5161	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 81, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.175 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee898d',
    500: '#dd5161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5161;
$custom-light: #ee898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62644,
    "c": 0.17453,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.2212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5161

secondary

#AAE0DA

accent

#EAD63E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5161

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

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