#DD6771

sRGB: 221 / 103 / 113

#DD6771 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 221 red, 103 green and 113 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 354.9° lands in the red region. Its 63.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 63.5% 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 (6.25:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 221, 103, 113
HSL: 354.92°, 63.44%, 63.53%
HSV / HSB: 354.92°, 53.39%, 86.67%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 53.39%, 48.87%, 13.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.648, 26.267, 18.711
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 58.290, 46.990, 16.902
WCAG relative luminance: 0.26265
24-bit decimal: 14509937

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 #DD6771 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: 6.25:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.36:1

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.

Reference: 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

#67DDD3 sits half a turn (180°) from #DD6771 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.

#DD6771 #67DDD3

Analogous

#DD67AC and #DD9867 sit 30° to either side of #DD6771. 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.

#DD67AC #DD6771 #DD9867

Triadic

#DD6771, #71DD67 and #6771DD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DD6771 #71DD67 #6771DD

Split complementary

Start at #DD6771 and look across the wheel. #67DD98 and #67ACDD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DD6771 #67DD98 #67ACDD

Square

Starting with #DD6771, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ACDD67, #67DDD3, then #9867DD. Across the square, #DD6771 pairs with #67DDD3, and #ACDD67 with #9867DD.

#DD6771 #ACDD67 #67DDD3 #9867DD

Tetradic

#DD6771 and #67DDD3 are opposites, as are #DDD367 and #6771DD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DD6771 #DDD367 #67DDD3 #6771DD

Tints

Mixing #DD6771 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4858D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8E1E3, the mixture is 80% white.

#DD6771 #E4858D #EBA4AA #F1C2C6 #F8E1E3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DD6771 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1525A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C1517, the mixture is 80% black.

#DD6771 #B1525A #853E44 #58292D #2C1517 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DD6771 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA6C74, keeps 80% of the original. By #937B7D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DD6771 #CA6C74 #B87177 #A5767A #937B7D #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

#DD6771

RGB

rgb(221 103 113)

HSL

hsl(354.915 63.441% 63.529%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DD6771;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DD6771 uses 221 red, 103 green and 113 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.7%

Green 40.4%

Blue 44.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DD6771 is 0.0% cyan, 53.4% magenta, 48.9% yellow and 13.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 53.4%

Yellow 48.9%

Black 13.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD6677. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D67 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DD6771 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD6677 Nearest web-safe: #CC6666

Gradient to complement

#DD6771 #C97B81 #B68E92 #A2A2A2 #8EB6B2 #7BC9C3 #67DDD3

Color vision previews

Compare how #DD6771 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.

#817D71

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.

#9F956E

Tritanopia

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

#F0566B

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.

#AA7970

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.

#B3876F

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DE6670

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#8C8C8C

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.

#BA7B7F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.13563 B 0.16513

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 0.80875 G 0.43034 B 0.45231

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.61877 G 0.15513 B 0.17253

CIE xyY

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

x 0.456 y 0.318 Y 26.267

CMY

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

C % 13.333 M % 59.608 Y % 55.686

Binary RGB

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

11011101 01100111 01110001