#DD5552#DD5552

#DD5552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.171 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5552
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 52.96, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 60.81, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.1557 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.171 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5936, 22.4830, 10.4990)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5552 #52DADD

analogous

#DD5295 #DD5552 #DD9B52

triadic

#DD5552 #52DD55 #5552DD

tetradic

#DD5552 #95DD52 #52DADD #9B52DD

square

#DD5552 #95DD52 #52DADD #9B52DD

split-complementary

#DD5552 #52DD9B #5295DD

monochromatic

#97201E #CA2B28 #DD5552 #E78785 #F1BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DD5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DD5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5552

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5552	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.171 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b82',
    500: '#dd5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5552;
$custom-light: #ee8b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.17121,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5552

secondary

#AADFE0

accent

#E6EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5552

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

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