#D55557#D55557

#D55557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.162 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55557
RGB	rgb(213, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 50.55, 25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 56.47, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1499 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.162 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4123, 21.3354, 11.4263)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55557 #55D5D3

analogous

#D55597 #D55557 #D59355

triadic

#D55557 #57D555 #5557D5

tetradic

#D55557 #97D555 #55D5D3 #9355D5

square

#D55557 #97D555 #55D5D3 #9355D5

split-complementary

#D55557 #55D593 #5597D5

monochromatic

#8D2324 #BE2F31 #D55557 #E18687 #EDB7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#D55557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#D55557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55557

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55557	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E93D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.162 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e88a86',
    500: '#d55557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55557;
$custom-light: #e88a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.617,
    "c": 0.16185,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55557

secondary

#A9DCDC

accent

#E4E144

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FEF0EF

border

#D6CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55557

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

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