#DD5857#DD5857

#DD5857 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.167 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5857
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 51.95, 27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 58.90, 28.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1534 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.167 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0321, 23.0443, 11.6182)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5857 #57DCDD

analogous

#DD5799 #DD5857 #DD9B57

triadic

#DD5857 #57DD58 #5857DD

tetradic

#DD5857 #99DD57 #57DCDD #9B57DD

square

#DD5857 #99DD57 #57DCDD #9B57DD

split-complementary

#DD5857 #57DD9B #5799DD

monochromatic

#9A201F #CD2B2A #DD5857 #E78B8A #F2BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DD5857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5857

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5857	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.167 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c86',
    500: '#dd5857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5857;
$custom-light: #ee8c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.448,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63305,
    "c": 0.16732,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5857

secondary

#AEE1E1

accent

#CDCE17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5857

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

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