#DD5551#DD5551

#DD5551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.171 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5551
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 52.89, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 61.04, 29.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1553 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.171 25)
XYZ	xyz(34.5558, 22.4679, 10.3001)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5551 #51D9DD

analogous

#DD5193 #DD5551 #DD9B51

triadic

#DD5551 #51DD55 #5551DD

tetradic

#DD5551 #93DD51 #51D9DD #9B51DD

square

#DD5551 #93DD51 #51D9DD #9B51DD

split-complementary

#DD5551 #51DD9B #5193DD

monochromatic

#96211D #C92C27 #DD5551 #E78784 #F1B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DD5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#DD5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5551

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5551	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.171 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b82',
    500: '#dd5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5551;
$custom-light: #ee8b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62824,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.22463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5551

secondary

#AADFE0

accent

#E5EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5551

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

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