#DD5755#DD5755

#DD5755 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.169 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5755
RGB	rgb(221, 87, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 52.26, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 59.60, 28.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.154 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.169 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8700, 22.8490, 11.1667)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5755 #55DBDD

analogous

#DD5597 #DD5755 #DD9B55

triadic

#DD5755 #55DD57 #5755DD

tetradic

#DD5755 #97DD55 #55DBDD #9B55DD

square

#DD5755 #97DD55 #55DBDD #9B55DD

split-complementary

#DD5755 #55DD9B #5597DD

monochromatic

#99201F #CC2B29 #DD5755 #E78988 #F1BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DD5755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DD5755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5755

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5755	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)

#797254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 87, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.169 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c85',
    500: '#dd5755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5755;
$custom-light: #ee8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5755

secondary

#ADE0E1

accent

#E7EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5755

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

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