#DD5252#DD5252

#DD5252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.174 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5252
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 54.26, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 61.66, 28.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1598 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.174 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3624, 22.0206, 10.4220)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5252 #52DDDD

analogous

#DD5298 #DD5252 #DD9852

triadic

#DD5252 #52DD52 #5252DD

tetradic

#DD5252 #98DD52 #52DDDD #9852DD

square

#DD5252 #98DD52 #52DDDD #9852DD

split-complementary

#DD5252 #52DD98 #5298DD

monochromatic

#971E1E #CA2828 #DD5252 #E78585 #F1B8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DD5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DD5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5252

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5252	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)

#766F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.174 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8982',
    500: '#dd5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5252;
$custom-light: #ef8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62475,
    "c": 0.17438,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5252

secondary

#AAE0E0

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5252

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

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