#DD555B#DD555B

#DD555B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.170 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD555B
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, 53.55, 24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 59.05, 24.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1591 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.17 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9588, 22.6291, 12.4225)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD555B #55DDD7

analogous

#DD559F #DD555B #DD9355

triadic

#DD555B #5BDD55 #555BDD

tetradic

#DD555B #9FDD55 #55DDD7 #9355DD

square

#DD555B #9FDD55 #55DDD7 #9355DD

split-complementary

#DD555B #55DD93 #559FDD

monochromatic

#991F24 #CC2930 #DD555B #E7888C #F1BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#DD555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DD555B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD555B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD555B	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#77715A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.170 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b89',
    500: '#dd555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd555b;
$custom-light: #ee8b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63004,
    "c": 0.17025,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD555B

secondary

#ADE1DF

accent

#EAE23E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD555B

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

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