#DD5965#DD5965

#DD5965 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.165 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5965
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 52.52, 20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 56.26, 21.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.1574 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.165 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7432, 23.4610, 14.9556)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5965 #59DDD1

analogous

#DD59A7 #DD5965 #DD8F59

triadic

#DD5965 #65DD59 #5965DD

tetradic

#DD5965 #A7DD59 #59DDD1 #8F59DD

square

#DD5965 #A7DD59 #59DDD1 #8F59DD

split-complementary

#DD5965 #59DD8F #59A7DD

monochromatic

#9C202B #CF2A39 #DD5965 #E78C94 #F2BFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DD5965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DD5965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5965

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5965	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.165 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8d90',
    500: '#dd5965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5965;
$custom-light: #ed8d90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63709,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5965

secondary

#B0E2DD

accent

#CEBD18

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5965

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

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