#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
RGBrgb(221, 82, 81)
HSLhsl(0, 67%, 59%)
HSVhsv(0, 63%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 62.9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(54.03, 54.20, 29.85)
CIE-LCHlch(54.03, 61.87, 28.84°)
OKLaboklab(62.46% 0.1594 0.071)
OKLCHoklch(62.46% 0.175 24)
XYZxyz(34.3247, 22.0055, 10.2230)
Luminance0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

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
##DD52511.003.895.405.40
#FFFFFF3.891.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4021.001.001.00
##0000005.4021.001.001.00

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

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#DD5251 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva