#DD5E5E#DD5E5E

#DD5E5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.160 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E5E
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 49.70, 25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 55.73, 26.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1475 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.16 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8450, 24.1902, 13.3691)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E5E #5EDDDD

analogous

#DD5E9E #DD5E5E #DD9E5E

triadic

#DD5E5E #5EDD5E #5E5EDD

tetradic

#DD5E5E #9EDD5E #5EDDDD #9E5EDD

square

#DD5E5E #9EDD5E #5EDDDD #9E5EDD

split-complementary

#DD5E5E #5EDD9E #5E9EDD

monochromatic

#9F2222 #D22C2C #DD5E5E #E89191 #F2C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DD5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DD5E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E5E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E5E	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D765D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.160 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed908b',
    500: '#dd5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e5e;
$custom-light: #ed908b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64218,
    "c": 0.15979,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E5E

secondary

#B4E3E3

accent

#CDCD19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170D0C

muted

#857E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E5E

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

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