#DD5855#DD5855

#DD5855 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.168 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5855
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 51.82, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 59.32, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.1526 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.168 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9515, 23.0121, 11.1938)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5855 #55DADD

analogous

#DD5596 #DD5855 #DD9C55

triadic

#DD5855 #55DD58 #5855DD

tetradic

#DD5855 #96DD55 #55DADD #9C55DD

square

#DD5855 #96DD55 #55DADD #9C55DD

split-complementary

#DD5855 #55DD9C #5596DD

monochromatic

#99211F #CC2C29 #DD5855 #E78A88 #F1BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DD5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DD5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5855

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5855	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)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.168 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c85',
    500: '#dd5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5855;
$custom-light: #ee8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.324,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5855

secondary

#ADE0E1

accent

#E6EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5855

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

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