#DD5E53#DD5E53

#DD5E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.161 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E53
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 48.94, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 58.09, 32.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.1432 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.161 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3861, 24.0066, 10.9523)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E53 #53D2DD

analogous

#DD538D #DD5E53 #DDA353

triadic

#DD5E53 #53DD5E #5E53DD

tetradic

#DD5E53 #8DDD53 #53D2DD #A353DD

square

#DD5E53 #8DDD53 #53D2DD #A353DD

split-complementary

#DD5E53 #53DDA3 #538DDD

monochromatic

#98281E #CB3528 #DD5E53 #E78E86 #F1BEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DD5E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#DD5E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E53

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E53	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.161 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9083',
    500: '#dd5e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e53;
$custom-light: #ee9083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.783,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6402,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E53

secondary

#ABDCE1

accent

#DCEA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E53

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

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