#DD6551#DD6551

#DD6551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.155 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6551
RGB	rgb(221, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 45.49, 33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 56.77, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.1321 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.155 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9609, 25.2780, 10.7684)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6551 #51C9DD

analogous

#DD5183 #DD6551 #DDAB51

triadic

#DD6551 #51DD65 #6551DD

tetradic

#DD6551 #83DD51 #51C9DD #AB51DD

square

#DD6551 #83DD51 #51C9DD #AB51DD

split-complementary

#DD6551 #51DDAB #5183DD

monochromatic

#962F1D #C93F27 #DD6551 #E79284 #F1C0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#DD6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#DD6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6551

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6551	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.155 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9482',
    500: '#dd6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6551;
$custom-light: #ee9482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64957,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6551

secondary

#AAD8E0

accent

#D2EA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6551

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

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