#DD5550#DD5550

#DD5550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.171 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5550
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, 52.83, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 61.26, 30.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.1549 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.171 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5186, 22.4530, 10.1040)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5550 #50D8DD

analogous

#DD5092 #DD5550 #DD9C50

triadic

#DD5550 #50DD55 #5550DD

tetradic

#DD5550 #92DD50 #50D8DD #9C50DD

square

#DD5550 #92DD50 #50D8DD #9C50DD

split-complementary

#DD5550 #50DD9C #5092DD

monochromatic

#96211D #C92D27 #DD5550 #E78783 #F1B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DD5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#DD5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5550

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5550	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.171 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b81',
    500: '#dd5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5550;
$custom-light: #ef8b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.128,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62807,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5550

secondary

#A9DEE0

accent

#E4EA3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5550

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

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