#DD5A51#DD5A51

#DD5A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.166 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A51
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 50.66, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 59.66, 31.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1483 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.166 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9635, 23.2831, 10.4359)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A51 #51D4DD

analogous

#DD518E #DD5A51 #DDA051

triadic

#DD5A51 #51DD5A #5A51DD

tetradic

#DD5A51 #8EDD51 #51D4DD #A051DD

square

#DD5A51 #8EDD51 #51D4DD #A051DD

split-complementary

#DD5A51 #51DDA0 #518EDD

monochromatic

#96251D #C93227 #DD5A51 #E78B84 #F1BBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DD5A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#DD5A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A51

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A51	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.166 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d82',
    500: '#dd5a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a51;
$custom-light: #ee8d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63458,
    "c": 0.16606,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A51

secondary

#AADDE0

accent

#DFEA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A51

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

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