#DD5D51#DD5D51

#DD5D51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.163 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5D51
RGB	rgb(221, 93, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 49.28, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 58.85, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.144 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.163 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2216, 23.7995, 10.5220)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5D51 #51D1DD

analogous

#DD518B #DD5D51 #DDA351

triadic

#DD5D51 #51DD5D #5D51DD

tetradic

#DD5D51 #8BDD51 #51D1DD #A351DD

square

#DD5D51 #8BDD51 #51D1DD #A351DD

split-complementary

#DD5D51 #51DDA3 #518BDD

monochromatic

#96281D #C93527 #DD5D51 #E78D84 #F1BCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DD5D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#DD5D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5D51

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5D51	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 93, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.163 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f82',
    500: '#dd5d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5d51;
$custom-light: #ee8f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63853,
    "c": 0.16289,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5D51

secondary

#AADCE0

accent

#DBEA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5D51

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

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