#DD5555#DD5555

#DD5555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.171 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5555
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 53.15, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 60.18, 27.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1568 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.171 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7103, 22.5296, 11.1134)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5555 #55DDDD

analogous

#DD5599 #DD5555 #DD9955

triadic

#DD5555 #55DD55 #5555DD

tetradic

#DD5555 #99DD55 #55DDDD #9955DD

square

#DD5555 #99DD55 #55DDDD #9955DD

split-complementary

#DD5555 #55DD99 #5599DD

monochromatic

#991F1F #CC2929 #DD5555 #E78888 #F1BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DD5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DD5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5555

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5555	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.171 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b85',
    500: '#dd5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5555;
$custom-light: #ee8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62893,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5555

secondary

#ADE1E1

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5555

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

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