#DF5551#DF5551

#DF5551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.173 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5551
RGB	rgb(223, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 53.57, 30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 61.87, 30.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1572 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.174 25)
XYZ	xyz(35.1686, 22.7838, 10.3288)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5551 #51DBDF

analogous

#DF5194 #DF5551 #DF9C51

triadic

#DF5551 #51DF55 #5551DF

tetradic

#DF5551 #94DF51 #51DBDF #9C51DF

square

#DF5551 #94DF51 #51DBDF #9C51DF

split-complementary

#DF5551 #51DF9C #5194DF

monochromatic

#99201C #CD2A26 #DF5551 #E98885 #F2BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DF5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DF5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5551

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5551	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.173 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b82',
    500: '#df5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5551;
$custom-light: #f08b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63134,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.22779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5551

secondary

#AAE0E1

accent

#E7EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5551

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

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