#DD5561#DD5561

#DD5561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.170 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5561
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 53.99, 21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 58.11, 21.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1614 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.17 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2281, 22.7368, 13.8405)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5561 #55DDD1

analogous

#DD55A5 #DD5561 #DD8D55

triadic

#DD5561 #61DD55 #5561DD

tetradic

#DD5561 #A5DD55 #55DDD1 #8D55DD

square

#DD5561 #A5DD55 #55DDD1 #8D55DD

split-complementary

#DD5561 #55DD8D #55A5DD

monochromatic

#991F29 #CC2937 #DD5561 #E78890 #F1BBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DD5561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DD5561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5561

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5561	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.170 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b8d',
    500: '#dd5561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5561;
$custom-light: #ee8b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63125,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5561

secondary

#ADE1DC

accent

#EADA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5561

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

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