#DD5241#DD5241

#DD5241 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.177 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5241
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 65)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 53.33, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 65.85, 35.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.1536 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.177 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7938, 21.7931, 7.4270)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5241 #41CCDD

analogous

#DD417E #DD5241 #DDA041

triadic

#DD5241 #41DD52 #5241DD

tetradic

#DD5241 #7EDD41 #41CCDD #A041DD

square

#DD5241 #7EDD41 #41CCDD #A041DD

split-complementary

#DD5241 #41DDA0 #417EDD

monochromatic

#8B2519 #BF3322 #DD5241 #E68175 #F0B1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DD5241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DD5241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5241

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5241	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.177 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8976',
    500: '#dd5241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5241;
$custom-light: #ef8976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.538,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62215,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5241

secondary

#9DD6DD

accent

#D9EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5241

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

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