#DD5851#DD5851

#DD5851 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.168 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5851
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 51.56, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 60.21, 31.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1511 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.168 26)
XYZ	xyz(34.7971, 22.9503, 10.3805)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5851 #51D6DD

analogous

#DD5190 #DD5851 #DD9E51

triadic

#DD5851 #51DD58 #5851DD

tetradic

#DD5851 #90DD51 #51D6DD #9E51DD

square

#DD5851 #90DD51 #51D6DD #9E51DD

split-complementary

#DD5851 #51DD9E #5190DD

monochromatic

#96231D #C92F27 #DD5851 #E78984 #F1BAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DD5851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DD5851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5851

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5851	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.168 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c82',
    500: '#dd5851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5851;
$custom-light: #ee8c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63201,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.22946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5851

secondary

#AADEE0

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5851

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

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