#DD5455#DD5455

#DD5455 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.172 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5455
RGB	rgb(221, 84, 85)
HSL	hsl(360, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 53.58, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 60.47, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1582 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.172 23)
XYZ	xyz(34.6321, 22.3733, 11.0874)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5455 #54DDDC

analogous

#DD549A #DD5455 #DD9854

triadic

#DD5455 #55DD54 #5455DD

tetradic

#DD5455 #9ADD54 #54DDDC #9854DD

square

#DD5455 #9ADD54 #54DDDC #9854DD

split-complementary

#DD5455 #54DD98 #549ADD

monochromatic

#981E1F #CB282A #DD5455 #E78788 #F1BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DD5455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DD5455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5455

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5455	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 84, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.172 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a85',
    500: '#dd5455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5455;
$custom-light: #ee8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.562,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6277,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5455

secondary

#ACE1E0

accent

#EAE83E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5455

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

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