#DD5955#DD5955

#DD5955 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.167 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5955
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 51.37, 29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 59.03, 29.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.1512 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.167 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0341, 23.1774, 11.2214)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5955 #55D9DD

analogous

#DD5595 #DD5955 #DD9D55

triadic

#DD5955 #55DD59 #5955DD

tetradic

#DD5955 #95DD55 #55D9DD #9D55DD

square

#DD5955 #95DD55 #55D9DD #9D55DD

split-complementary

#DD5955 #55DD9D #5595DD

monochromatic

#99221F #CC2E29 #DD5955 #E78B88 #F1BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DD5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DD5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5955

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5955	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.167 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d85',
    500: '#dd5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5955;
$custom-light: #ee8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63397,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5955

secondary

#ADE0E1

accent

#E5EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5955

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

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