#DD5251#DD5251

#DD5251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.174 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5251
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 54.20, 29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 61.87, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1594 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.175 24)
XYZ	xyz(34.3247, 22.0055, 10.2230)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5251 #51DCDD

analogous

#DD5196 #DD5251 #DD9851

triadic

#DD5251 #51DD52 #5251DD

tetradic

#DD5251 #96DD51 #51DCDD #9851DD

square

#DD5251 #96DD51 #51DCDD #9851DD

split-complementary

#DD5251 #51DD98 #5196DD

monochromatic

#961E1D #C92927 #DD5251 #E78584 #F1B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DD5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DD5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5251

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5251	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.174 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8982',
    500: '#dd5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5251;
$custom-light: #ef8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62458,
    "c": 0.1745,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.22001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5251

secondary

#AAE0E0

accent

#E9EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5251

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

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