#DD5656#DD5656

#DD5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.170 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5656
RGB	rgb(221, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 52.77, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 59.69, 27.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1558 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.17 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8296, 22.7042, 11.3506)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5656 #56DDDD

analogous

#DD5699 #DD5656 #DD9956

triadic

#DD5656 #56DD56 #5656DD

tetradic

#DD5656 #99DD56 #56DDDD #9956DD

square

#DD5656 #99DD56 #56DDDD #9956DD

split-complementary

#DD5656 #56DD99 #5699DD

monochromatic

#9A1F1F #CD2929 #DD5656 #E78989 #F2BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DD5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DD5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5656

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5656	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.170 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b85',
    500: '#dd5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5656;
$custom-light: #ee8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63035,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5656

secondary

#AEE1E1

accent

#CECE17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5656

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

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