#DD5259

sRGB · 221 / 82 / 89

#DD5259 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 221 red, 82 green and 89 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 357.0° lands in the red region. Its 67.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 59.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.43:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 221, 82, 89
HSL: 356.98°, 67.15%, 59.41%
HSV / HSB: 356.98°, 62.90%, 86.67%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 62.90%, 59.73%, 13.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.638, 22.130, 11.899
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.165, 54.709, 25.361
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22128
24-bit decimal: 14504537

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DD5259 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 5.43:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.87:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#52DDD6 sits half a turn (180°) from #DD5259 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DD5259 #52DDD6

Analogous

#DD529E and #DD9152 sit 30° to either side of #DD5259. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DD529E #DD5259 #DD9152

Triadic

#DD5259, #59DD52 and #5259DD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DD5259 #59DD52 #5259DD

Split complementary

Start at #DD5259 and look across the wheel. #52DD91 and #529EDD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DD5259 #52DD91 #529EDD

Square

Starting with #DD5259, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #9EDD52, #52DDD6, then #9152DD. Across the square, #DD5259 pairs with #52DDD6, and #9EDD52 with #9152DD.

#DD5259 #9EDD52 #52DDD6 #9152DD

Tetradic

#DD5259 and #52DDD6 are opposites, as are #DDD652 and #5259DD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DD5259 #DDD652 #52DDD6 #5259DD

Tints

Mixing #DD5259 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4757A, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8DCDE, the mixture is 80% white.

#DD5259 #E4757A #EB979B #F1BABD #F8DCDE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DD5259 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B14247, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C1012, the mixture is 80% black.

#DD5259 #B14247 #853135 #582124 #2C1012 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DD5259 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA5B61, keeps 80% of the original. By #937778, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DD5259 #CA5B61 #B86469 #A56E70 #937778 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DD5259

RGB

rgb(221 82 89)

HSL

hsl(356.978 67.150% 59.412%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DD5259;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DD5259 uses 221 red, 82 green and 89 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.7%

Green 32.2%

Blue 34.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DD5259 is 0.0% cyan, 62.9% magenta, 59.7% yellow and 13.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 62.9%

Yellow 59.7%

Black 13.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD5555. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D55 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DD5259 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #DD5555 Nearest web-safe · #CC6666

Gradient to complement

#DD5259 #C6696E #AF8083 #989898 #80AFAC #69C6C1 #52DDD6

Color vision previews

Compare how #DD5259 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#756F58

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#988C55

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F13656

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A56A57

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B07C56

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DE5059

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#818181

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B76D70

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.72306 G 0.08438 B 0.09990

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.80343 G 0.35843 B 0.36464

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.60967 G 0.10558 B 0.10942

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.504 y 0.322 Y 22.130

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 13.333 M % 67.843 Y % 65.098

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011101 01010010 01011001