#DD5038#DD5038

#DD5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.181 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5038
RGB	rgb(221, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 53.78, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 68.89, 38.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.1533 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.181 32)
XYZ	xyz(33.4049, 21.3998, 6.1122)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5038 #38C5DD

analogous

#DD3873 #DD5038 #DDA238

triadic

#DD5038 #38DD50 #5038DD

tetradic

#DD5038 #73DD38 #38C5DD #A238DD

square

#DD5038 #73DD38 #38C5DD #A238DD

split-complementary

#DD5038 #38DDA2 #3873DD

monochromatic

#842617 #B8361F #DD5038 #E67E6C #EFACA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#DD5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#DD5038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5038

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5038	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F32B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.181 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08770',
    500: '#dd5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5038;
$custom-light: #f08770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61864,
    "c": 0.18079,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.21395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5038

secondary

#95D1DB

accent

#D3EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5038

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

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