#DD5155#DD5155

#DD5155 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.175 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5155
RGB	rgb(221, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 54.87, 27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 61.34, 26.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.1623 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.175 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4042, 21.9175, 11.0114)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5155 #51DDD9

analogous

#DD519B #DD5155 #DD9351

triadic

#DD5155 #55DD51 #5155DD

tetradic

#DD5155 #9BDD51 #51DDD9 #9351DD

square

#DD5155 #9BDD51 #51DDD9 #9351DD

split-complementary

#DD5155 #51DD93 #519BDD

monochromatic

#961D21 #C9272C #DD5155 #E78487 #F1B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DD5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DD5155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5155

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5155	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.175 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8885',
    500: '#dd5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5155;
$custom-light: #ee8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62409,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5155

secondary

#AAE0DF

accent

#EAE53E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5155

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

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