#DD5142#DD5142

#DD5142 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.178 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5142
RGB	rgb(221, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 53.80, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 65.82, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1553 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.178 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7481, 21.6551, 7.5560)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5142 #42CEDD

analogous

#DD4281 #DD5142 #DD9E42

triadic

#DD5142 #42DD51 #5142DD

tetradic

#DD5142 #81DD42 #42CEDD #9E42DD

square

#DD5142 #81DD42 #42CEDD #9E42DD

split-complementary

#DD5142 #42DD9E #4281DD

monochromatic

#8C2419 #BF3222 #DD5142 #E68176 #F0B1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DD5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DD5142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5142

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5142	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.178 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8877',
    500: '#dd5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5142;
$custom-light: #ef8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.17789,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5142

secondary

#9DD7DD

accent

#DBEC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5142

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

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