#DD5956#DD5956

#DD5956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.166 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5956
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 51.43, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 58.81, 29.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1516 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.166 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0741, 23.1934, 11.4321)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5956 #56DADD

analogous

#DD5697 #DD5956 #DD9C56

triadic

#DD5956 #56DD59 #5956DD

tetradic

#DD5956 #97DD56 #56DADD #9C56DD

square

#DD5956 #97DD56 #56DADD #9C56DD

split-complementary

#DD5956 #56DD9C #5697DD

monochromatic

#9A221F #CD2D29 #DD5956 #E78B89 #F2BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DD5956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DD5956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5956

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5956	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.166 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d85',
    500: '#dd5956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5956;
$custom-light: #ee8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63415,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5956

secondary

#AEE0E1

accent

#CACE17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5956

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

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