#DD5351#DD5351

#DD5351 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.173 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5351
RGB	rgb(221, 83, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 53.77, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 61.59, 29.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.158 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.173 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4006, 22.1574, 10.2483)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5351 #51DBDD

analogous

#DD5195 #DD5351 #DD9951

triadic

#DD5351 #51DD53 #5351DD

tetradic

#DD5351 #95DD51 #51DBDD #9951DD

square

#DD5351 #95DD51 #51DBDD #9951DD

split-complementary

#DD5351 #51DD99 #5195DD

monochromatic

#961F1D #C92A27 #DD5351 #E78684 #F1B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DD5351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DD5351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5351

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5351	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 83, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.173 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8982',
    500: '#dd5351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5351;
$custom-light: #ef8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62578,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5351

secondary

#AADFE0

accent

#E8EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5351

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

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