#DD5560#DD5560

#DD5560 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.170 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5560
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 96)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 53.91, 22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 58.25, 22.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.161 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.17 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1817, 22.7182, 13.5965)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5560 #55DDD2

analogous

#DD55A4 #DD5560 #DD8E55

triadic

#DD5560 #60DD55 #5560DD

tetradic

#DD5560 #A4DD55 #55DDD2 #8E55DD

square

#DD5560 #A4DD55 #55DDD2 #8E55DD

split-complementary

#DD5560 #55DD8E #55A4DD

monochromatic

#991F28 #CC2936 #DD5560 #E78890 #F1BBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DD5560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DD5560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5560

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5560	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.170 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b8d',
    500: '#dd5560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5560;
$custom-light: #ee8b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63104,
    "c": 0.16997,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5560

secondary

#ADE1DD

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5560

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

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