#DD5261#DD5261

#DD5261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.173 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5261
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(354, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 55.28, 20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 59.09, 20.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.1655 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.173 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9969, 22.2744, 13.7634)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5261 #52DDCE

analogous

#DD52A7 #DD5261 #DD8952

triadic

#DD5261 #61DD52 #5261DD

tetradic

#DD5261 #A7DD52 #52DDCE #8952DD

square

#DD5261 #A7DD52 #52DDCE #8952DD

split-complementary

#DD5261 #52DD89 #52A7DD

monochromatic

#971E2B #CA2839 #DD5261 #E78590 #F1B8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DD5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DD5261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5261

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5261	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.173 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee898d',
    500: '#dd5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5261;
$custom-light: #ee898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.525,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62763,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5261

secondary

#AAE0DB

accent

#EAD73E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5261

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

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