#DD5C51#DD5C51

#DD5C51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.164 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5C51
RGB	rgb(221, 92, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 49.74, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 59.12, 32.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1454 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.164 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1345, 23.6251, 10.4929)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5C51 #51D2DD

analogous

#DD518C #DD5C51 #DDA251

triadic

#DD5C51 #51DD5C #5C51DD

tetradic

#DD5C51 #8CDD51 #51D2DD #A251DD

square

#DD5C51 #8CDD51 #51D2DD #A251DD

split-complementary

#DD5C51 #51DDA2 #518CDD

monochromatic

#96271D #C93427 #DD5C51 #E78C84 #F1BCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DD5C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DD5C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5C51

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5C51	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 92, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.164 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f82',
    500: '#dd5c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5c51;
$custom-light: #ee8f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6372,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5C51

secondary

#AADCE0

accent

#DDEA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5C51

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

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