#DD5556#DD5556

#DD5556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.171 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5556
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(360, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 53.21, 27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 59.98, 27.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1572 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.171 23)
XYZ	xyz(34.7503, 22.5456, 11.3241)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5556 #55DDDC

analogous

#DD559A #DD5556 #DD9855

triadic

#DD5556 #56DD55 #5556DD

tetradic

#DD5556 #9ADD55 #55DDDC #9855DD

square

#DD5556 #9ADD55 #55DDDC #9855DD

split-complementary

#DD5556 #55DD98 #559ADD

monochromatic

#991F1F #CC292A #DD5556 #E78889 #F1BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DD5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DD5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5556

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5556	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)

#787055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.171 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b85',
    500: '#dd5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5556;
$custom-light: #ee8b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62911,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.22541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5556

secondary

#ADE1E1

accent

#EAE83E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5556

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

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