#DD5E55#DD5E55

#DD5E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.161 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E55
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 49.07, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 57.62, 31.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.144 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.161 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4644, 24.0379, 11.3648)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E55 #55D4DD

analogous

#DD5590 #DD5E55 #DDA255

triadic

#DD5E55 #55DD5E #5E55DD

tetradic

#DD5E55 #90DD55 #55D4DD #A255DD

square

#DD5E55 #90DD55 #55D4DD #A255DD

split-complementary

#DD5E55 #55DDA2 #5590DD

monochromatic

#99271F #CC3429 #DD5E55 #E78E88 #F1BFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#DD5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#DD5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E55

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E55	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.161 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9085',
    500: '#dd5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e55;
$custom-light: #ee9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.971,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64054,
    "c": 0.16109,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E55

secondary

#ADDEE1

accent

#DEEA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E55

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

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