#DD5C50#DD5C50

#DD5C50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.164 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5C50
RGB	rgb(221, 92, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 49.68, 32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 59.36, 33.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.145 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.164 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0972, 23.6102, 10.2969)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5C50 #50D1DD

analogous

#DD508B #DD5C50 #DDA250

triadic

#DD5C50 #50DD5C #5C50DD

tetradic

#DD5C50 #8BDD50 #50D1DD #A250DD

square

#DD5C50 #8BDD50 #50D1DD #A250DD

split-complementary

#DD5C50 #50DDA2 #508BDD

monochromatic

#96271D #C93527 #DD5C50 #E78C83 #F1BBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#DD5C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#DD5C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5C50

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5C50	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)

#7D744E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 92, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.164 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f81',
    500: '#dd5c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5c50;
$custom-light: #ee8f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5C50

secondary

#A9DBE0

accent

#DCEA3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5C50

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

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