#DD5557#DD5557

#DD5557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.171 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5557
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 53.28, 27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 59.78, 26.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1576 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.171 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7909, 22.5619, 11.5378)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5557 #55DDDB

analogous

#DD559B #DD5557 #DD9755

triadic

#DD5557 #57DD55 #5557DD

tetradic

#DD5557 #9BDD55 #55DDDB #9755DD

square

#DD5557 #9BDD55 #55DDDB #9755DD

split-complementary

#DD5557 #55DD97 #559BDD

monochromatic

#991F20 #CC292B #DD5557 #E78889 #F1BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DD5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DD5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5557

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5557	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)

#787156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.171 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b86',
    500: '#dd5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5557;
$custom-light: #ee8b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.118,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62929,
    "c": 0.17061,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5557

secondary

#ADE1E0

accent

#EAE73E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5557

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

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