#DD5572#DD5572

#DD5572 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.171 H 10.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5572
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 114)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(347, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 55.38, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 56.66, 12.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1679 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.171 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1074, 23.0885, 18.4714)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5572 #55DDC0

analogous

#DD55B6 #DD5572 #DD7C55

triadic

#DD5572 #72DD55 #5572DD

tetradic

#DD5572 #B6DD55 #55DDC0 #7C55DD

square

#DD5572 #B6DD55 #55DDC0 #7C55DD

split-complementary

#DD5572 #55DD7C #55B6DD

monochromatic

#991F39 #CC294C #DD5572 #E7889C #F1BBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DD5572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5572

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5572	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.171 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8b9a',
    500: '#dd5572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5572;
$custom-light: #ed8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.206,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5572

secondary

#ADE1D6

accent

#EAC53E

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0E

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5572

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

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