#DD5A55#DD5A55

#DD5A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.165 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A55
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 50.91, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 58.74, 29.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1498 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.165 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1179, 23.3449, 11.2493)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A55 #55D8DD

analogous

#DD5594 #DD5A55 #DD9E55

triadic

#DD5A55 #55DD5A #5A55DD

tetradic

#DD5A55 #94DD55 #55D8DD #9E55DD

square

#DD5A55 #94DD55 #55D8DD #9E55DD

split-complementary

#DD5A55 #55DD9E #5594DD

monochromatic

#99231F #CC2F29 #DD5A55 #E78B88 #F1BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#DD5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DD5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A55

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A55	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.165 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d85',
    500: '#dd5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a55;
$custom-light: #ee8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.206,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63526,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A55

secondary

#ADDFE1

accent

#E3EA3E

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A55

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

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