#DD556D#DD556D

#DD556D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 12.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD556D
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(349, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 54.95, 14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 56.90, 15.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1661 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.17 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8305, 22.9777, 17.0133)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD556D #55DDC5

analogous

#DD55B1 #DD556D #DD8155

triadic

#DD556D #6DDD55 #556DDD

tetradic

#DD556D #B1DD55 #55DDC5 #8155DD

square

#DD556D #B1DD55 #55DDC5 #8155DD

split-complementary

#DD556D #55DD81 #55B1DD

monochromatic

#991F34 #CC2946 #DD556D #E78899 #F1BBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DD556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DD556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD556D

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD556D	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#74726D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F03F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b96',
    500: '#dd556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd556d;
$custom-light: #ed8b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63393,
    "c": 0.17024,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD556D

secondary

#ADE1D8

accent

#EACB3E

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD556D

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

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