#DD6E51#DD6E51

#DD6E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.146 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6E51
RGB	rgb(221, 110, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 41.04, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 54.66, 41.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.1184 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.146 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8831, 27.1224, 11.0758)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6E51 #51C0DD

analogous

#DD517A #DD6E51 #DDB451

triadic

#DD6E51 #51DD6E #6E51DD

tetradic

#DD6E51 #7ADD51 #51C0DD #B451DD

square

#DD6E51 #7ADD51 #51C0DD #B451DD

split-complementary

#DD6E51 #51DDB4 #517ADD

monochromatic

#96361D #C94927 #DD6E51 #E79984 #F1C3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#DD6E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#DD6E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6E51

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6E51	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 110, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.146 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9a82',
    500: '#dd6e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6e51;
$custom-light: #ed9a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66281,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6E51

secondary

#AAD5E0

accent

#C6EA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6E51

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

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