#DD6161#DD6161

#DD6161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.156 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6161
RGB	rgb(221, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 48.52, 24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 54.25, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.1442 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.156 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2542, 24.7890, 14.1825)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6161 #61DDDD

analogous

#DD619F #DD6161 #DD9F61

triadic

#DD6161 #61DD61 #6161DD

tetradic

#DD6161 #9FDD61 #61DDDD #9F61DD

square

#DD6161 #9FDD61 #61DDDD #9F61DD

split-complementary

#DD6161 #61DD9F #619FDD

monochromatic

#A12323 #D22F2F #DD6161 #E89393 #F3C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#DD6161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#DD6161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6161

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6161	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.156 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed928e',
    500: '#dd6161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6161;
$custom-light: #ed928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64682,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6161

secondary

#B6E4E4

accent

#CCCC19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6161

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

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