#DD5249#DD5249

#DD5249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.176 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5249
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 53.73, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 63.74, 32.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1564 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.176 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0421, 21.8925, 8.7351)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5249 #49D4DD

analogous

#DD498A #DD5249 #DD9C49

triadic

#DD5249 #49DD52 #5249DD

tetradic

#DD5249 #8ADD49 #49D4DD #9C49DD

square

#DD5249 #8ADD49 #49D4DD #9C49DD

split-complementary

#DD5249 #49DD9C #498ADD

monochromatic

#91221B #C42E25 #DD5249 #E7837D #F0B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DD5249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DD5249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5249

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5249	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.176 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef897c',
    500: '#dd5249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5249;
$custom-light: #ef897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.649,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62329,
    "c": 0.17567,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5249

secondary

#A3DBDF

accent

#E1EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5249

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

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