#DD7255#DD7255

#DD7255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.141 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD7255
RGB	rgb(221, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(13, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 39.28, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 52.59, 41.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.1136 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.141 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4789, 28.0669, 12.0363)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD7255 #55C0DD

analogous

#DD557C #DD7255 #DDB655

triadic

#DD7255 #55DD72 #7255DD

tetradic

#DD7255 #7CDD55 #55C0DD #B655DD

square

#DD7255 #7CDD55 #55C0DD #B655DD

split-complementary

#DD7255 #55DDB6 #557CDD

monochromatic

#99391F #CC4C29 #DD7255 #E79C88 #F1C7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#DD7255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#DD7255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD7255

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD7255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD7255	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd7255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.141 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9c85',
    500: '#dd7255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd7255;
$custom-light: #ed9c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd7255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.794,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66956,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD7255

secondary

#ADD6E1

accent

#C5EA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD7255

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

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