#DD5E50#DD5E50

#DD5E50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.162 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E50
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 48.75, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 58.83, 34.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1421 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.162 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2728, 23.9613, 10.3554)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E50 #50CFDD

analogous

#DD5089 #DD5E50 #DDA450

triadic

#DD5E50 #50DD5E #5E50DD

tetradic

#DD5E50 #89DD50 #50CFDD #A450DD

square

#DD5E50 #89DD50 #50CFDD #A450DD

split-complementary

#DD5E50 #50DDA4 #5089DD

monochromatic

#96291D #C93727 #DD5E50 #E78D83 #F1BCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DD5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#DD5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E50

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E50	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F754E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.162 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9081',
    500: '#dd5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e50;
$custom-light: #ee9081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.957,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63971,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E50

secondary

#A9DBE0

accent

#D9EA3D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E50

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

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