#DD6559#DD6559

#DD6559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.153 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6559
RGB	rgb(221, 101, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 46.02, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 54.73, 32.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.1351 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.153 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2788, 25.4052, 12.4425)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6559 #59D1DD

analogous

#DD598F #DD6559 #DDA759

triadic

#DD6559 #59DD65 #6559DD

tetradic

#DD6559 #8FDD59 #59D1DD #A759DD

square

#DD6559 #8FDD59 #59D1DD #A759DD

split-complementary

#DD6559 #59DDA7 #598FDD

monochromatic

#9C2B20 #CF392A #DD6559 #E7948C #F2C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#DD6559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#DD6559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6559

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6559	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F14F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 101, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.153 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9488',
    500: '#dd6559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6559;
$custom-light: #ed9488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6509,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6559

secondary

#B0DDE2

accent

#BDCE18

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6559

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

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