#DD5257#DD5257

#DD5257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.174 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5257
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 54.58, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 60.67, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.1617 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.174 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5597, 22.0995, 11.4608)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5257 #52DDD8

analogous

#DD529C #DD5257 #DD9352

triadic

#DD5257 #57DD52 #5257DD

tetradic

#DD5257 #9CDD52 #52DDD8 #9352DD

square

#DD5257 #9CDD52 #52DDD8 #9352DD

split-complementary

#DD5257 #52DD93 #529CDD

monochromatic

#971E22 #CA282E #DD5257 #E78589 #F1B8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DD5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DD5257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5257

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5257	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.174 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8986',
    500: '#dd5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5257;
$custom-light: #ee8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.842,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62564,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5257

secondary

#AAE0DF

accent

#EAE43E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5257

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

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