#DD5B51#DD5B51

#DD5B51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.165 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5B51
RGB	rgb(221, 91, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 50.20, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 59.39, 32.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.1468 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.165 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0484, 23.4530, 10.4643)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5B51 #51D3DD

analogous

#DD518D #DD5B51 #DDA151

triadic

#DD5B51 #51DD5B #5B51DD

tetradic

#DD5B51 #8DDD51 #51D3DD #A151DD

square

#DD5B51 #8DDD51 #51D3DD #A151DD

split-complementary

#DD5B51 #51DDA1 #518DDD

monochromatic

#96261D #C93327 #DD5B51 #E78B84 #F1BCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DD5B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DD5B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5B51

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5B51	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 91, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.165 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e82',
    500: '#dd5b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5b51;
$custom-light: #ee8e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63589,
    "c": 0.165,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5B51

secondary

#AADCE0

accent

#DEEA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5B51

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

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