#DD5F55#DD5F55

#DD5F55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.160 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5F55
RGB	rgb(221, 95, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 48.61, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 57.34, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1425 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.16 27)
XYZ	xyz(35.5539, 24.2169, 11.3947)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5F55 #55D3DD

analogous

#DD558F #DD5F55 #DDA355

triadic

#DD5F55 #55DD5F #5F55DD

tetradic

#DD5F55 #8FDD55 #55D3DD #A355DD

square

#DD5F55 #8FDD55 #55D3DD #A355DD

split-complementary

#DD5F55 #55DDA3 #558FDD

monochromatic

#99281F #CC3529 #DD5F55 #E78F88 #F1BFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#DD5F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#DD5F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5F55

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5F55	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 95, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.160 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9085',
    500: '#dd5f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5f55;
$custom-light: #ee9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.412,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64189,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.24212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5F55

secondary

#ADDDE1

accent

#DDEA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5F55

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

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