#DD556C#DD556C

#DD556C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD556C
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 54.86, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 56.97, 15.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.1657 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.17 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7770, 22.9563, 16.7314)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD556C #55DDC6

analogous

#DD55B0 #DD556C #DD8255

triadic

#DD556C #6CDD55 #556CDD

tetradic

#DD556C #B0DD55 #55DDC6 #8255DD

square

#DD556C #B0DD55 #55DDC6 #8255DD

split-complementary

#DD556C #55DD82 #55B0DD

monochromatic

#991F33 #CC2944 #DD556C #E78898 #F1BBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DD556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DD556C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD556C

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD556C	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74726C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b95',
    500: '#dd556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd556c;
$custom-light: #ed8b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.853,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.17017,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD556C

secondary

#ADE1D8

accent

#EACD3E

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD556C

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

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