#DD5056#DD5056

#DD5056 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.176 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5056
RGB	rgb(221, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 55.36, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 61.44, 25.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.164 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.176 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3705, 21.7860, 11.1975)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5056 #50DDD7

analogous

#DD509D #DD5056 #DD9150

triadic

#DD5056 #56DD50 #5056DD

tetradic

#DD5056 #9DDD50 #50DDD7 #9150DD

square

#DD5056 #9DDD50 #50DDD7 #9150DD

split-complementary

#DD5056 #50DD91 #509DDD

monochromatic

#961D22 #C9272E #DD5056 #E78387 #F1B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DD5056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DD5056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5056

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5056	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.176 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dd5056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5056;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62309,
    "c": 0.17611,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5056

secondary

#A9E0DE

accent

#EAE33D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5056

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

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