#DD5950#DD5950

#DD5950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.167 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5950
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 51.05, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 60.17, 31.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1493 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.167 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8425, 23.1007, 10.2120)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5950 #50D4DD

analogous

#DD508E #DD5950 #DDA050

triadic

#DD5950 #50DD59 #5950DD

tetradic

#DD5950 #8EDD50 #50D4DD #A050DD

square

#DD5950 #8EDD50 #50D4DD #A050DD

split-complementary

#DD5950 #50DDA0 #508EDD

monochromatic

#96251D #C93127 #DD5950 #E78A83 #F1BAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DD5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5950

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5950	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.167 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d81',
    500: '#dd5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5950;
$custom-light: #ee8d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.83,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.16728,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5950

secondary

#A9DDE0

accent

#DFEA3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5950

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

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