#DD5250#DD5250

#DD5250 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.175 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5250
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 54.14, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 62.09, 29.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.159 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.175 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2874, 21.9906, 10.0270)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5250 #50DBDD

analogous

#DD5095 #DD5250 #DD9950

triadic

#DD5250 #50DD52 #5250DD

tetradic

#DD5250 #95DD50 #50DBDD #9950DD

square

#DD5250 #95DD50 #50DBDD #9950DD

split-complementary

#DD5250 #50DD99 #5095DD

monochromatic

#961F1D #C92927 #DD5250 #E78583 #F1B7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DD5250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DD5250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5250

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5250	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)

#766E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.175 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8981',
    500: '#dd5250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5250;
$custom-light: #ef8981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.851,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.17463,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5250

secondary

#A9DFE0

accent

#E8EA3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5250

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

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