#DD6556#DD6556

#DD6556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.153 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6556
RGB	rgb(221, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 45.82, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 55.46, 34.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.134 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.153 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1554, 25.3558, 11.7925)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6556 #56CEDD

analogous

#DD568A #DD6556 #DDA956

triadic

#DD6556 #56DD65 #6556DD

tetradic

#DD6556 #8ADD56 #56CEDD #A956DD

square

#DD6556 #8ADD56 #56CEDD #A956DD

split-complementary

#DD6556 #56DDA9 #568ADD

monochromatic

#9A2D1F #CD3B29 #DD6556 #E79389 #F2C2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#DD6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#DD6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6556

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6556	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.153 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee9486',
    500: '#dd6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6556;
$custom-light: #ee9486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65038,
    "c": 0.15341,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6556

secondary

#AEDCE1

accent

#BACE17

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6556

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

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