#DD5451#DD5451

#DD5451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.172 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5451
RGB	rgb(221, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 53.33, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 61.31, 29.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1567 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.172 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4777, 22.3115, 10.2740)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5451 #51DADD

analogous

#DD5194 #DD5451 #DD9A51

triadic

#DD5451 #51DD54 #5451DD

tetradic

#DD5451 #94DD51 #51DADD #9A51DD

square

#DD5451 #94DD51 #51DADD #9A51DD

split-complementary

#DD5451 #51DD9A #5194DD

monochromatic

#96201D #C92B27 #DD5451 #E78684 #F1B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DD5451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DD5451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5451

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5451	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.172 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a82',
    500: '#dd5451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5451;
$custom-light: #ef8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.627,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5451

secondary

#AADFE0

accent

#E6EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5451

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

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