#DD5951#DD5951

#DD5951 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.167 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5951
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 51.11, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 59.93, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.1497 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.167 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8797, 23.1156, 10.4080)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5951 #51D5DD

analogous

#DD518F #DD5951 #DD9F51

triadic

#DD5951 #51DD59 #5951DD

tetradic

#DD5951 #8FDD51 #51D5DD #9F51DD

square

#DD5951 #8FDD51 #51D5DD #9F51DD

split-complementary

#DD5951 #51DD9F #518FDD

monochromatic

#96241D #C93127 #DD5951 #E78A84 #F1BBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DD5951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5951

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5951	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.167 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d82',
    500: '#dd5951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5951;
$custom-light: #ee8d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.16712,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5951

secondary

#AADDE0

accent

#E0EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5951

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

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