#DD5959#DD5959

#DD5959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.166 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5959
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 51.64, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 58.20, 27.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1527 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.166 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1976, 23.2427, 12.0821)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5959 #59DDDD

analogous

#DD599B #DD5959 #DD9B59

triadic

#DD5959 #59DD59 #5959DD

tetradic

#DD5959 #9BDD59 #59DDDD #9B59DD

square

#DD5959 #9BDD59 #59DDDD #9B59DD

split-complementary

#DD5959 #59DD9B #599BDD

monochromatic

#9C2020 #CF2A2A #DD5959 #E78C8C #F2BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DD5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DD5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5959

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5959	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.166 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d88',
    500: '#dd5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5959;
$custom-light: #ee8d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63469,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5959

secondary

#B0E2E2

accent

#CECE18

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5959

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

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