#DD5559#DD5559

#DD5559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.170 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5559
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 53.41, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 59.40, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1583 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.17 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8737, 22.5950, 11.9741)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5559 #55DDD9

analogous

#DD559D #DD5559 #DD9555

triadic

#DD5559 #59DD55 #5559DD

tetradic

#DD5559 #9DDD55 #55DDD9 #9555DD

square

#DD5559 #9DDD55 #55DDD9 #9555DD

split-complementary

#DD5559 #55DD95 #559DDD

monochromatic

#991F22 #CC292E #DD5559 #E7888B #F1BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DD5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DD5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5559

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5559	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.170 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b88',
    500: '#dd5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5559;
$custom-light: #ee8b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62966,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5559

secondary

#ADE1E0

accent

#EAE53E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5559

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

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