#DD5042#DD5042

#DD5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.179 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5042
RGB	rgb(221, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 54.23, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 66.06, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1566 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.179 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6744, 21.5076, 7.5314)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5042 #42CFDD

analogous

#DD4282 #DD5042 #DD9E42

triadic

#DD5042 #42DD50 #5042DD

tetradic

#DD5042 #82DD42 #42CFDD #9E42DD

square

#DD5042 #82DD42 #42CFDD #9E42DD

split-complementary

#DD5042 #42DD9E #4282DD

monochromatic

#8C2319 #BF3122 #DD5042 #E68076 #F0B0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DD5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#DD5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5042

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5042	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.179 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8777',
    500: '#dd5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5042;
$custom-light: #ef8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61989,
    "c": 0.17886,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5042

secondary

#9DD8DD

accent

#DCEC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5042

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

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