#DD5254#DD5254

#DD5254 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.174 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5254
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 84)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 54.38, 28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 61.25, 27.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1605 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.174 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4396, 22.0515, 10.8286)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5254 #52DDDB

analogous

#DD5299 #DD5254 #DD9652

triadic

#DD5254 #54DD52 #5254DD

tetradic

#DD5254 #99DD52 #52DDDB #9652DD

square

#DD5254 #99DD52 #52DDDB #9652DD

split-complementary

#DD5254 #52DD96 #5299DD

monochromatic

#971E1F #CA282A #DD5254 #E78587 #F1B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DD5254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#DD5254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5254

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5254	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.174 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8984',
    500: '#dd5254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5254;
$custom-light: #ee8984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.137,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6251,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5254

secondary

#AAE0E0

accent

#EAE83E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5254

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

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