#DD6959#DD6959

#DD6959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.148 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6959
RGB	rgb(221, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 44.07, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 53.64, 34.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.1291 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.149 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6767, 26.2009, 12.5751)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6959 #59CDDD

analogous

#DD598B #DD6959 #DDAB59

triadic

#DD6959 #59DD69 #6959DD

tetradic

#DD6959 #8BDD59 #59CDDD #AB59DD

square

#DD6959 #8BDD59 #59CDDD #AB59DD

split-complementary

#DD6959 #59DDAB #598BDD

monochromatic

#9C2F20 #CF3E2A #DD6959 #E7978C #F2C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#DD6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#DD6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6959

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6959	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.148 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9788',
    500: '#dd6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6959;
$custom-light: #ed9788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65665,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6959

secondary

#B0DCE2

accent

#B8CE18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6959

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

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