#DD5353#DD5353

#DD5353 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.173 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5353
RGB	rgb(221, 83, 83)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 53.89, 28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 61.17, 28.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1588 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.173 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4767, 22.1878, 10.6491)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5353 #53DDDD

analogous

#DD5398 #DD5353 #DD9853

triadic

#DD5353 #53DD53 #5353DD

tetradic

#DD5353 #98DD53 #53DDDD #9853DD

square

#DD5353 #98DD53 #53DDDD #9853DD

split-complementary

#DD5353 #53DD98 #5398DD

monochromatic

#981E1E #CB2828 #DD5353 #E78686 #F1B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DD5353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DD5353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5353

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5353	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 83, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.173 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8983',
    500: '#dd5353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5353;
$custom-light: #ee8983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62613,
    "c": 0.17321,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5353

secondary

#ABE1E1

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5353

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

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