#DD6251#DD6251

#DD6251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.158 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6251
RGB	rgb(221, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 46.93, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 57.53, 35.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.1366 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.158 30)
XYZ	xyz(35.6750, 24.7061, 10.6731)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6251 #51CCDD

analogous

#DD5186 #DD6251 #DDA851

triadic

#DD6251 #51DD62 #6251DD

tetradic

#DD6251 #86DD51 #51CCDD #A851DD

square

#DD6251 #86DD51 #51CCDD #A851DD

split-complementary

#DD6251 #51DDA8 #5186DD

monochromatic

#962C1D #C93B27 #DD6251 #E79084 #F1BEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#DD6251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#DD6251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6251

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6251	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.158 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9282',
    500: '#dd6251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6251;
$custom-light: #ee9282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.24702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6251

secondary

#AADAE0

accent

#D5EA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6251

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

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