Anger `#DD0055`

Anger (#DD0055) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 11°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.229. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#DD0055`
RGB	`rgb(221, 0, 85)`
HSL	`hsl(337, 100%, 43%)`
HSV	`hsv(337, 100%, 87%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 100%, 62%, 13%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(47 74.2 18.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.573 0.229 11)`

How Anger behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Anger shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #dd004f — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e00053 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #dd0055 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #de0156 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Anger in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.99:1 and against black 4.21:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Anger

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffb9c1 · #ff738c · #dd0055 · #af0041 · #740029 · #3f0012

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f36f30 · #ec463e · #dd0055 · #b9006c · #940378 · #6f087b

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#ff991a · #c78544 · #dd0055 · #ab0040 · #7c002c · #3c1f00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00e0da · #bf888e · #dd0055 · #913447 · #6a182c · #3d0916

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#daf9f7 · #ad888c · #dd0055 · #4e6362 · #3d1a20 · #000202

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f4 · #bccdcc · #8da1a0 · #0d2827 · #000605 · #dd0055

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d9d9b4 · #37c4a4 · #dd0055 · #7b5580 · #2e3b2a · #1e0a03

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c5fffb · #00ae75 · #dd0055 · #006982 · #00301d · #00050a

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e2fccc · #69a800 · #dd0055 · #005fab · #00274d · #010700

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fbf4bf · #a59500 · #dd0055 · #006d6a · #230073 · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EB466C · #F86A84 · #FF8D9E · #FFB1BB · #FFD2D7

Shades

#B80045 · #940036 · #720028 · #52001A · #34000D

Muted

#CB3B5D · #B85364 · #A3636C

Using Anger

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.