#DD5577Fever Dream (#DD5577) is a mid-tone, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 8°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.171. 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.
| HEX | #DD5577 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(221, 85, 119) |
| HSL | hsl(345, 67%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(345, 62%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 62%, 46%, 13%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(55.3 55.8 9.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.636 0.171 8) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Fever Dream shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#de516f — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#e15474 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#dd5577 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#de5679 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Fever Dream in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 3.72:1 and against black 5.64:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffd8de · #ff98ac · #dd5577 · #b93c5e · #8b173d · #590021
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.
#f7916d · #ed726e · #dd5577 · #bc4a83 · #994187 · #773984
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.
#d29d72 · #dd5577 · #b0415d · #7a4100 · #6b0029 · #321600
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.
#00e1d5 · #dd5577 · #855f65 · #763342 · #511827 · #2a0610
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e1f7f5 · #bb9ea2 · #dd5577 · #657472 · #41262b · #000201
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 · #bccdcb · #8da19e · #0c2825 · #000504 · #dd5577
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d7dbb5 · #5cd3ad · #dd5577 · #896893 · #344733 · #1d0803
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cbfef8 · #4bc085 · #dd5577 · #007e97 · #003920 · #000407
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e8f9d4 · #8db752 · #dd5577 · #0074c1 · #003056 · #010400
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#fbf3cc · #bea72b · #dd5577 · #00827b · #241a75 · #000202
#E86F8A · #F2889D · #FCA1B1 · #FFBCC7 · #FFD7DD
#BB4060 · #992C4A · #791735 · #5A0022 · #380011
#CE647B · #BE7180 · #AD7C84
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.