#DD5E57#DD5E57

#DD5E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.161 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E57
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 49.21, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 57.16, 30.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.1448 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.161 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5450, 24.0702, 11.7892)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E57 #57D6DD

analogous

#DD5793 #DD5E57 #DDA157

triadic

#DD5E57 #57DD5E #5E57DD

tetradic

#DD5E57 #93DD57 #57D6DD #A157DD

square

#DD5E57 #93DD57 #57D6DD #A157DD

split-complementary

#DD5E57 #57DDA1 #5793DD

monochromatic

#9A261F #CD322A #DD5E57 #E78F8A #F2C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#DD5E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DD5E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E57

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E57	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)

#7E7656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.161 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9086',
    500: '#dd5e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e57;
$custom-light: #ee9086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.134,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64089,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E57

secondary

#AEDFE1

accent

#C5CE17

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E57

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

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