#DD5B59#DD5B59

#DD5B59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.164 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5B59
RGB	rgb(221, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 50.73, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 57.61, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1499 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.164 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3663, 23.5801, 12.1383)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5B59 #59DBDD

analogous

#DD5999 #DD5B59 #DD9D59

triadic

#DD5B59 #59DD5B #5B59DD

tetradic

#DD5B59 #99DD59 #59DBDD #9D59DD

square

#DD5B59 #99DD59 #59DBDD #9D59DD

split-complementary

#DD5B59 #59DD9D #5999DD

monochromatic

#9C2220 #CF2D2A #DD5B59 #E78D8C #F2BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DD5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DD5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5B59

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5B59	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.164 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e88',
    500: '#dd5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5b59;
$custom-light: #ee8e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63728,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5B59

secondary

#B0E1E2

accent

#CBCE18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5B59

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

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