#DD5949#DD5949

#DD5949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5949
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 50.64, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 61.95, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1467 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.169 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5972, 23.0026, 8.9202)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5949 #49CDDD

analogous

#DD4983 #DD5949 #DDA349

triadic

#DD5949 #49DD59 #5949DD

tetradic

#DD5949 #83DD49 #49CDDD #A349DD

square

#DD5949 #83DD49 #49CDDD #A349DD

split-complementary

#DD5949 #49DDA3 #4983DD

monochromatic

#91281B #C43625 #DD5949 #E7887D #F0B7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DD5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DD5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5949

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5949	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)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d7c',
    500: '#dd5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5949;
$custom-light: #ef8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63204,
    "c": 0.1686,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5949

secondary

#A3D8DF

accent

#D8EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5949

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

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