#DD5953#DD5953

#DD5953 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.167 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5953
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 51.24, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 59.47, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1504 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.167 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9558, 23.1460, 10.8088)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5953 #53D7DD

analogous

#DD5392 #DD5953 #DD9E53

triadic

#DD5953 #53DD59 #5953DD

tetradic

#DD5953 #92DD53 #53D7DD #9E53DD

square

#DD5953 #92DD53 #53D7DD #9E53DD

split-complementary

#DD5953 #53DD9E #5392DD

monochromatic

#98231E #CB2F28 #DD5953 #E78A86 #F1BCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DD5953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DD5953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5953

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5953	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.167 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d83',
    500: '#dd5953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5953;
$custom-light: #ee8d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5953

secondary

#ABDEE1

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5953

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

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