#DD6255#DD6255

#DD6255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.157 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6255
RGB	rgb(221, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 47.19, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 56.51, 33.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.1381 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.157 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8294, 24.7679, 11.4865)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6255 #55D0DD

analogous

#DD558C #DD6255 #DDA655

triadic

#DD6255 #55DD62 #6255DD

tetradic

#DD6255 #8CDD55 #55D0DD #A655DD

square

#DD6255 #8CDD55 #55D0DD #A655DD

split-complementary

#DD6255 #55DDA6 #558CDD

monochromatic

#992A1F #CC3829 #DD6255 #E79188 #F1C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#DD6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#DD6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6255

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6255	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.157 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9285',
    500: '#dd6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6255;
$custom-light: #ee9285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.735,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.646,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6255

secondary

#ADDCE1

accent

#D9EA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6255

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

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