#DD5563#DD5563

#DD5563 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.170 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5563
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 99)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 54.14, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 57.85, 20.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1622 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.17 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3225, 22.7745, 14.3378)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5563 #55DDCF

analogous

#DD55A7 #DD5563 #DD8B55

triadic

#DD5563 #63DD55 #5563DD

tetradic

#DD5563 #A7DD55 #55DDCF #8B55DD

square

#DD5563 #A7DD55 #55DDCF #8B55DD

split-complementary

#DD5563 #55DD8B #55A7DD

monochromatic

#991F2B #CC293A #DD5563 #E78892 #F1BBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DD5563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DD5563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5563

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5563	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)

#767163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.170 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b8f',
    500: '#dd5563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5563;
$custom-light: #ee8b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.824,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63167,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5563

secondary

#ADE1DC

accent

#EAD83E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5563

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

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