#DD5979#DD5979

#DD5979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.167 H 8.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5979
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 121)
HSL	hsl(345, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(345, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 54.27, 9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 55.02, 9.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.165 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.167 8.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8450, 23.9017, 20.7586)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5979 #59DDBD

analogous

#DD59BB #DD5979 #DD7B59

triadic

#DD5979 #79DD59 #5979DD

tetradic

#DD5979 #BBDD59 #59DDBD #7B59DD

square

#DD5979 #BBDD59 #59DDBD #7B59DD

split-complementary

#DD5979 #59DD7B #59BBDD

monochromatic

#9C203E #CF2A52 #DD5979 #E78CA2 #F2BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DD5979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DD5979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5979

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5979	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74767A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.167 8.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8e9f',
    500: '#dd5979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5979;
$custom-light: #ec8e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64188,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 8.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5979

secondary

#B0E2D6

accent

#CEA218

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FEF1F2

border

#D6CBCC

text

#170D0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5979

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

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