#DD5456#DD5456

#DD5456 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.172 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5456
RGB	rgb(221, 84, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 53.65, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 60.27, 27.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1586 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.172 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6721, 22.3893, 11.2981)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5456 #54DDDB

analogous

#DD549B #DD5456 #DD9754

triadic

#DD5456 #56DD54 #5456DD

tetradic

#DD5456 #9BDD54 #54DDDB #9754DD

square

#DD5456 #9BDD54 #54DDDB #9754DD

split-complementary

#DD5456 #54DD97 #549BDD

monochromatic

#981E20 #CB282B #DD5456 #E78788 #F1BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DD5456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DD5456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5456

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5456	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 84, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.172 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a85',
    500: '#dd5456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5456;
$custom-light: #ee8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62788,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5456

secondary

#ACE1E0

accent

#EAE73E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5456

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

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