#DD5553#DD5553

#DD5553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.171 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5553
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 53.02, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 60.60, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.1561 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.171 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6319, 22.4983, 10.7009)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5553 #53DBDD

analogous

#DD5396 #DD5553 #DD9A53

triadic

#DD5553 #53DD55 #5553DD

tetradic

#DD5553 #96DD53 #53DBDD #9A53DD

square

#DD5553 #96DD53 #53DBDD #9A53DD

split-complementary

#DD5553 #53DD9A #5396DD

monochromatic

#98201E #CB2A28 #DD5553 #E78886 #F1BAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#DD5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#DD5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5553

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5553	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)

#787052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.171 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b83',
    500: '#dd5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5553;
$custom-light: #ee8b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.87,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62858,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5553

secondary

#ABE0E1

accent

#E7EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5553

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

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