#DD5238#DD5238

#DD5238 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.179 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5238
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 52.93, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 68.44, 39.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.1506 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.179 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5535, 21.6970, 6.1617)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5238 #38C3DD

analogous

#DD3870 #DD5238 #DDA538

triadic

#DD5238 #38DD52 #5238DD

tetradic

#DD5238 #70DD38 #38C3DD #A538DD

square

#DD5238 #70DD38 #38C3DD #A538DD

split-complementary

#DD5238 #38DDA5 #3870DD

monochromatic

#842817 #B8381F #DD5238 #E67F6C #EFADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#DD5238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DD5238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5238

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5238	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F32E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.179 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08870',
    500: '#dd5238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5238;
$custom-light: #f08870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.455,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62105,
    "c": 0.17894,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5238

secondary

#95D0DB

accent

#D1EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5238

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

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