#DD4E57#DD4E57

#DD4E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.178 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4E57
RGB	rgb(221, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 56.26, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 61.84, 24.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.167 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.178 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2668, 21.5137, 11.3631)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4E57 #4EDDD4

analogous

#DD4E9E #DD4E57 #DD8C4E

triadic

#DD4E57 #57DD4E #4E57DD

tetradic

#DD4E57 #9EDD4E #4EDDD4 #8C4EDD

square

#DD4E57 #9EDD4E #4EDDD4 #8C4EDD

split-complementary

#DD4E57 #4EDD8C #4E9EDD

monochromatic

#941C24 #C72630 #DD4E57 #E78188 #F1B5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DD4E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#DD4E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4E57

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4E57	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)

#736D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.178 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8786',
    500: '#dd4e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4e57;
$custom-light: #ee8786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.224,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62096,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4E57

secondary

#A7E0DC

accent

#EBE03D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4E57

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

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