#DD5859#DD5859

#DD5859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.167 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5859
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(360, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 52.08, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 58.50, 27.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1542 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.167 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1149, 23.0774, 12.0545)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5859 #58DDDC

analogous

#DD589B #DD5859 #DD9958

triadic

#DD5859 #59DD58 #5859DD

tetradic

#DD5859 #9BDD58 #58DDDC #9958DD

square

#DD5859 #9BDD58 #58DDDC #9958DD

split-complementary

#DD5859 #58DD99 #589BDD

monochromatic

#9B2020 #CE2A2B #DD5859 #E78B8C #F2BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DD5859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5859

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5859	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)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.167 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c88',
    500: '#dd5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5859;
$custom-light: #ee8c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.549,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.1671,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5859

secondary

#AFE2E1

accent

#CECD17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5859

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

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