#DD5853#DD5853

#DD5853 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.168 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5853
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 51.69, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 59.75, 30.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1519 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.168 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8732, 22.9807, 10.7813)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5853 #53D8DD

analogous

#DD5393 #DD5853 #DD9D53

triadic

#DD5853 #53DD58 #5853DD

tetradic

#DD5853 #93DD53 #53D8DD #9D53DD

square

#DD5853 #93DD53 #53D8DD #9D53DD

split-complementary

#DD5853 #53DD9D #5393DD

monochromatic

#98221E #CB2E28 #DD5853 #E78A86 #F1BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DD5853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DD5853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5853

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5853	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.168 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c83',
    500: '#dd5853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5853;
$custom-light: #ee8c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.174,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63234,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5853

secondary

#ABDFE1

accent

#E4EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5853

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

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