#DD5562#DD5562

#DD5562 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.170 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5562
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 98)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 54.06, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 57.98, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1618 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.17 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2750, 22.7555, 14.0876)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5562 #55DDD0

analogous

#DD55A6 #DD5562 #DD8C55

triadic

#DD5562 #62DD55 #5562DD

tetradic

#DD5562 #A6DD55 #55DDD0 #8C55DD

square

#DD5562 #A6DD55 #55DDD0 #8C55DD

split-complementary

#DD5562 #55DD8C #55A6DD

monochromatic

#991F2A #CC2938 #DD5562 #E78891 #F1BBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DD5562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DD5562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5562

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5562	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#767162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.170 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b8e',
    500: '#dd5562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5562;
$custom-light: #ee8b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63146,
    "c": 0.16992,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5562

secondary

#ADE1DC

accent

#EAD93E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5562

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

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