#DD5757#DD5757

#DD5757 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.168 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5757
RGB	rgb(221, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 52.40, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 59.19, 27.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.1548 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.168 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9505, 22.8812, 11.5910)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5757 #57DDDD

analogous

#DD579A #DD5757 #DD9A57

triadic

#DD5757 #57DD57 #5757DD

tetradic

#DD5757 #9ADD57 #57DDDD #9A57DD

square

#DD5757 #9ADD57 #57DDDD #9A57DD

split-complementary

#DD5757 #57DD9A #579ADD

monochromatic

#9A1F1F #CD2A2A #DD5757 #E78A8A #F2BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DD5757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DD5757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5757

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5757	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.168 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c86',
    500: '#dd5757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5757;
$custom-light: #ee8c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63178,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5757

secondary

#AEE1E1

accent

#CECE17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5757

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

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