#DF5251#DF5251

#DF5251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.177 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5251
RGB	rgb(223, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 54.87, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 62.69, 28.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1613 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.177 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9374, 22.3214, 10.2517)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5251 #51DEDF

analogous

#DF5197 #DF5251 #DF9951

triadic

#DF5251 #51DF52 #5251DF

tetradic

#DF5251 #97DF51 #51DEDF #9951DF

square

#DF5251 #97DF51 #51DEDF #9951DF

split-complementary

#DF5251 #51DF99 #5197DF

monochromatic

#991D1C #CD2726 #DF5251 #E98585 #F2B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DF5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DF5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5251

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5251	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.177 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08982',
    500: '#df5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5251;
$custom-light: #f08982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.423,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.17665,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5251

secondary

#AAE1E1

accent

#EBEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5251

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

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