#DD5B50#DD5B50

#DD5B50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.165 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5B50
RGB	rgb(221, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 50.14, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 59.63, 32.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1465 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.165 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0112, 23.4381, 10.2682)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5B50 #50D2DD

analogous

#DD508C #DD5B50 #DDA250

triadic

#DD5B50 #50DD5B #5B50DD

tetradic

#DD5B50 #8CDD50 #50D2DD #A250DD

square

#DD5B50 #8CDD50 #50D2DD #A250DD

split-complementary

#DD5B50 #50DDA2 #508CDD

monochromatic

#96261D #C93427 #DD5B50 #E78B83 #F1BBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DD5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#DD5B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5B50

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5B50	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)

#7D734E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.165 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e81',
    500: '#dd5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5b50;
$custom-light: #ee8e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63572,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5B50

secondary

#A9DCE0

accent

#DDEA3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5B50

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

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