#DD5255#DD5255

#DD5255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.174 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5255
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 54.45, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 61.05, 26.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1609 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.174 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4791, 22.0673, 11.0364)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5255 #52DDDA

analogous

#DD529B #DD5255 #DD9552

triadic

#DD5255 #55DD52 #5255DD

tetradic

#DD5255 #9BDD52 #52DDDA #9552DD

square

#DD5255 #9BDD52 #52DDDA #9552DD

split-complementary

#DD5255 #52DD95 #529BDD

monochromatic

#971E20 #CA282B #DD5255 #E78587 #F1B8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DD5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#DD5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5255

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5255	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.174 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8985',
    500: '#dd5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5255;
$custom-light: #ee8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.705,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62528,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5255

secondary

#AAE0DF

accent

#EAE63E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5255

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

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