#DD5957#DD5957

#DD5957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.166 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5957
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 51.50, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 58.61, 28.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.152 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.166 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1147, 23.2096, 11.6458)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5957 #57DBDD

analogous

#DD5798 #DD5957 #DD9C57

triadic

#DD5957 #57DD59 #5957DD

tetradic

#DD5957 #98DD57 #57DBDD #9C57DD

square

#DD5957 #98DD57 #57DBDD #9C57DD

split-complementary

#DD5957 #57DD9C #5798DD

monochromatic

#9A211F #CD2C2A #DD5957 #E78B8A #F2BEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DD5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DD5957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5957

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5957	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)

#7A7356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.166 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d86',
    500: '#dd5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5957;
$custom-light: #ee8d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63432,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5957

secondary

#AEE1E1

accent

#CBCE17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5957

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

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