#DD5457#DD5457

#DD5457 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.172 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5457
RGB	rgb(221, 84, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 53.72, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 60.08, 26.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.159 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.172 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7127, 22.4055, 11.5118)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5457 #54DDDA

analogous

#DD549C #DD5457 #DD9554

triadic

#DD5457 #57DD54 #5457DD

tetradic

#DD5457 #9CDD54 #54DDDA #9554DD

square

#DD5457 #9CDD54 #54DDDA #9554DD

split-complementary

#DD5457 #54DD95 #549CDD

monochromatic

#981E21 #CB282C #DD5457 #E78789 #F1BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DD5457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DD5457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5457

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5457	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)

#777056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 84, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.172 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a86',
    500: '#dd5457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5457;
$custom-light: #ee8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62806,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5457

secondary

#ACE1E0

accent

#EAE63E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5457

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

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