#DD5566#DD5566

#DD5566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.170 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5566
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(353, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 53.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 54.37, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 57.50, 18.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1634 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.17 16)
XYZ	xyz(35.4686, 22.8330, 15.1072)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5566 #55DDCC

analogous

#DD55AA #DD5566 #DD8855

triadic

#DD5566 #66DD55 #5566DD

tetradic

#DD5566 #AADD55 #55DDCC #8855DD

square

#DD5566 #AADD55 #55DDCC #8855DD

split-complementary

#DD5566 #55DD88 #55AADD

monochromatic

#991F2E #CC293D #DD5566 #E78894 #F1BBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DD5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DD5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5566

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5566	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.170 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b91',
    500: '#dd5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5566;
$custom-light: #ed8b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63232,
    "c": 0.16991,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.22828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5566

secondary

#ADE1DB

accent

#EAD43E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0C

muted

#857D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5566

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →