#DD4E56#DD4E56

#DD4E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.178 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4E56
RGB	rgb(221, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, 56.20, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 62.02, 25.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1666 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.178 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2262, 21.4975, 11.1494)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4E56 #4EDDD5

analogous

#DD4E9D #DD4E56 #DD8D4E

triadic

#DD4E56 #56DD4E #4E56DD

tetradic

#DD4E56 #9DDD4E #4EDDD5 #8D4EDD

square

#DD4E56 #9DDD4E #4EDDD5 #8D4EDD

split-complementary

#DD4E56 #4EDD8D #4E9DDD

monochromatic

#941C23 #C7262F #DD4E56 #E78187 #F1B5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DD4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#DD4E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4E56

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4E56	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.178 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8785',
    500: '#dd4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4e56;
$custom-light: #ee8785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.643,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62077,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4E56

secondary

#A7E0DD

accent

#EBE13D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4E56

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

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