#DD5357#DD5357

#DD5357 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.173 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5357
RGB	rgb(221, 83, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 54.15, 26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 60.37, 26.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1603 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.173 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6356, 22.2514, 11.4861)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5357 #53DDD9

analogous

#DD539C #DD5357 #DD9453

triadic

#DD5357 #57DD53 #5357DD

tetradic

#DD5357 #9CDD53 #53DDD9 #9453DD

square

#DD5357 #9CDD53 #53DDD9 #9453DD

split-complementary

#DD5357 #53DD94 #539CDD

monochromatic

#981E21 #CB282D #DD5357 #E78689 #F1B9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DD5357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DD5357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5357

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5357	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 83, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.173 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a86',
    500: '#dd5357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5357;
$custom-light: #ee8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62685,
    "c": 0.17279,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5357

secondary

#ABE1DF

accent

#EAE53E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5357

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

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