#D55542#D55542

#D55542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.165 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55542
RGB	rgb(213, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 49.27, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 61.50, 36.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.142 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.165 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6756, 21.0408, 7.5465)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55542 #42C2D5

analogous

#D54279 #D55542 #D59E42

triadic

#D55542 #42D555 #5542D5

tetradic

#D55542 #79D542 #42C2D5 #9E42D5

square

#D55542 #79D542 #42C2D5 #9E42D5

split-complementary

#D55542 #42D59E #4279D5

monochromatic

#80291C #B23A28 #D55542 #E08274 #EBAFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#D55542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#D55542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55542

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55542	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E93951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.165 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e98a77',
    500: '#d55542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55542;
$custom-light: #e98a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.755,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61355,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55542

secondary

#9AD0D8

accent

#D1E741

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55542

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

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