#DD5055#DD5055

#DD5055 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.176 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5055
RGB	rgb(221, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 55.30, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 61.63, 26.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1636 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.176 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3305, 21.7700, 10.9868)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5055 #50DDD8

analogous

#DD509C #DD5055 #DD9250

triadic

#DD5055 #55DD50 #5055DD

tetradic

#DD5055 #9CDD50 #50DDD8 #9250DD

square

#DD5055 #9CDD50 #50DDD8 #9250DD

split-complementary

#DD5055 #50DD92 #509CDD

monochromatic

#961D21 #C9272D #DD5055 #E78387 #F1B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DD5055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#DD5055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5055

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5055	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.176 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dd5055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5055;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.872,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62291,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5055

secondary

#A9E0DE

accent

#EAE43D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5055

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

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