#DD5A50#DD5A50

#DD5A50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.166 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A50
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 50.60, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 59.90, 32.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1479 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.166 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9263, 23.2682, 10.2399)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A50 #50D3DD

analogous

#DD508D #DD5A50 #DDA150

triadic

#DD5A50 #50DD5A #5A50DD

tetradic

#DD5A50 #8DDD50 #50D3DD #A150DD

square

#DD5A50 #8DDD50 #50D3DD #A150DD

split-complementary

#DD5A50 #50DDA1 #508DDD

monochromatic

#96261D #C93227 #DD5A50 #E78A83 #F1BBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DD5A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#DD5A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A50

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A50	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	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)

#7C734E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.166 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d81',
    500: '#dd5a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a50;
$custom-light: #ee8d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.255,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A50

secondary

#A9DCE0

accent

#DEEA3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A50

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

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