#DD5E56#DD5E56

#DD5E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.161 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E56
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 49.14, 29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 57.39, 31.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1444 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.161 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5044, 24.0539, 11.5755)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E56 #56D5DD

analogous

#DD5691 #DD5E56 #DDA256

triadic

#DD5E56 #56DD5E #5E56DD

tetradic

#DD5E56 #91DD56 #56D5DD #A256DD

square

#DD5E56 #91DD56 #56D5DD #A256DD

split-complementary

#DD5E56 #56DDA2 #5691DD

monochromatic

#9A261F #CD3329 #DD5E56 #E78F89 #F2BFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DD5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DD5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E56

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E56	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.161 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9085',
    500: '#dd5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e56;
$custom-light: #ee9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E56

secondary

#AEDEE1

accent

#C4CE17

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E56

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

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