#DF5556#DF5556

#DF5556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.173 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5556
RGB	rgb(223, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 53.89, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 60.80, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1591 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.173 23)
XYZ	xyz(35.3630, 22.8616, 11.3529)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5556 #55DFDE

analogous

#DF559B #DF5556 #DF9955

triadic

#DF5556 #56DF55 #5556DF

tetradic

#DF5556 #9BDF55 #55DFDE #9955DF

square

#DF5556 #9BDF55 #55DFDE #9955DF

split-complementary

#DF5556 #55DF99 #559BDF

monochromatic

#9C1D1E #D02728 #DF5556 #E98989 #F2BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DF5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DF5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5556

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5556	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.173 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b85',
    500: '#df5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5556;
$custom-light: #f08b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.565,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6322,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.22857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5556

secondary

#AEE2E2

accent

#D0CF15

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5556

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

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