#DD5159#DD5159

#DD5159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.175 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5159
RGB	rgb(221, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 55.14, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 60.61, 24.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1638 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.175 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5677, 21.9829, 11.8721)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5159 #51DDD5

analogous

#DD519F #DD5159 #DD8F51

triadic

#DD5159 #59DD51 #5159DD

tetradic

#DD5159 #9FDD51 #51DDD5 #8F51DD

square

#DD5159 #9FDD51 #51DDD5 #8F51DD

split-complementary

#DD5159 #51DD8F #519FDD

monochromatic

#961D24 #C92731 #DD5159 #E7848A #F1B7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DD5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DD5159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5159

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5159	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.175 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8887',
    500: '#dd5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5159;
$custom-light: #ee8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62483,
    "c": 0.17481,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5159

secondary

#AAE0DD

accent

#EAE03E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5159

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

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