#DD5A56#DD5A56

#DD5A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.165 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A56
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 50.98, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 58.53, 29.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.1502 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.165 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1579, 23.3609, 11.4600)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A56 #56D9DD

analogous

#DD5695 #DD5A56 #DD9E56

triadic

#DD5A56 #56DD5A #5A56DD

tetradic

#DD5A56 #95DD56 #56D9DD #9E56DD

square

#DD5A56 #95DD56 #56D9DD #9E56DD

split-complementary

#DD5A56 #56DD9E #5695DD

monochromatic

#9A231F #CD2E29 #DD5A56 #E78C89 #F2BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DD5A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DD5A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A56

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A56	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.165 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d85',
    500: '#dd5a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a56;
$custom-light: #ee8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63544,
    "c": 0.16527,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A56

secondary

#AEE0E1

accent

#C9CE17

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A56

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

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