#DF5557#DF5557

#DF5557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.173 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DF5557
RGB	rgb(223, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 53.95, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 60.60, 27.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.1595 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.173 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4036, 22.8778, 11.5665)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DF5557 #55DFDD

analogous

#DF559C #DF5557 #DF9855

triadic

#DF5557 #57DF55 #5557DF

tetradic

#DF5557 #9CDF55 #55DFDD #9855DF

square

#DF5557 #9CDF55 #55DFDD #9855DF

split-complementary

#DF5557 #55DF98 #559CDF

monochromatic

#9C1D1F #D0272A #DF5557 #E9898A #F2BCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DF5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DF5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DF5557

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DF5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DF5557	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)

#787156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F43957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #df5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(223, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.173 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b86',
    500: '#df5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #df5557;
$custom-light: #f08b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#df5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 223,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63238,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DF5557

secondary

#AEE2E1

accent

#D0CE15

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DF5557

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

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