#DD556E#DD556E

#DD556E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 12.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD556E
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(349, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 55.03, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 56.84, 14.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1664 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.17 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8847, 22.9994, 17.2985)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD556E #55DDC4

analogous

#DD55B2 #DD556E #DD8055

triadic

#DD556E #6EDD55 #556EDD

tetradic

#DD556E #B2DD55 #55DDC4 #8055DD

square

#DD556E #B2DD55 #55DDC4 #8055DD

split-complementary

#DD556E #55DD80 #55B2DD

monochromatic

#991F35 #CC2947 #DD556E #E78899 #F1BBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DD556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DD556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD556E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD556E	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74726E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b97',
    500: '#dd556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd556e;
$custom-light: #ed8b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.971,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63417,
    "c": 0.17032,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD556E

secondary

#ADE1D7

accent

#EACA3E

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD556E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →