#DD5565#DD5565

#DD5565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.170 H 16.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5565
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(353, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 54.29, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 57.61, 19.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.163 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.17 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4193, 22.8132, 14.8476)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5565 #55DDCD

analogous

#DD55A9 #DD5565 #DD8955

triadic

#DD5565 #65DD55 #5565DD

tetradic

#DD5565 #A9DD55 #55DDCD #8955DD

square

#DD5565 #A9DD55 #55DDCD #8955DD

split-complementary

#DD5565 #55DD89 #55A9DD

monochromatic

#991F2D #CC293C #DD5565 #E78893 #F1BBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DD5565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DD5565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5565

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5565	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.170 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b90',
    500: '#dd5565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5565;
$custom-light: #ed8b90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6321,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5565

secondary

#ADE1DB

accent

#EAD53E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5565

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

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