#DD5B53#DD5B53

#DD5B53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.165 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5B53
RGB	rgb(221, 91, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 50.33, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 58.91, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1476 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.165 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1245, 23.4834, 10.8651)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5B53 #53D5DD

analogous

#DD5390 #DD5B53 #DDA053

triadic

#DD5B53 #53DD5B #5B53DD

tetradic

#DD5B53 #90DD53 #53D5DD #A053DD

square

#DD5B53 #90DD53 #53D5DD #A053DD

split-complementary

#DD5B53 #53DDA0 #5390DD

monochromatic

#98251E #CB3228 #DD5B53 #E78C86 #F1BCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DD5B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#DD5B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5B53

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5B53	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 91, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.165 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e83',
    500: '#dd5b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5b53;
$custom-light: #ee8e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63622,
    "c": 0.16466,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5B53

secondary

#ABDEE1

accent

#E0EA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5B53

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

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