#DD5E79#DD5E79

#DD5E79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.160 H 9.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E79
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(347, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 52.01, 10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 53.00, 11.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.1578 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.16 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2753, 24.7623, 20.9021)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E79 #5EDDC2

analogous

#DD5EB9 #DD5E79 #DD835E

triadic

#DD5E79 #79DD5E #5E79DD

tetradic

#DD5E79 #B9DD5E #5EDDC2 #835EDD

square

#DD5E79 #B9DD5E #5EDDC2 #835EDD

split-complementary

#DD5E79 #5EDD83 #5EB9DD

monochromatic

#9F223C #D22C4F #DD5E79 #E891A3 #F2C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#DD5E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#DD5E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E79

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E79	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78797A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.160 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec909f',
    500: '#dd5e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e79;
$custom-light: #ec909f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.244,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64827,
    "c": 0.16006,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E79

secondary

#B4E3D9

accent

#CDA719

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FEF1F2

border

#D6CBCC

text

#170D0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E79

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

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