#DD5D59#DD5D59

#DD5D59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.162 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5D59
RGB	rgb(221, 93, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 49.81, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 57.02, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.147 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.162 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5395, 23.9266, 12.1961)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5D59 #59D9DD

analogous

#DD5997 #DD5D59 #DD9F59

triadic

#DD5D59 #59DD5D #5D59DD

tetradic

#DD5D59 #97DD59 #59D9DD #9F59DD

square

#DD5D59 #97DD59 #59D9DD #9F59DD

split-complementary

#DD5D59 #59DD9F #5997DD

monochromatic

#9C2420 #CF2F2A #DD5D59 #E78F8C #F2C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DD5D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#DD5D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5D59

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5D59	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 93, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.162 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8f88',
    500: '#dd5d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5d59;
$custom-light: #ee8f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63991,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5D59

secondary

#B0E0E2

accent

#C8CE18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5D59

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

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