#DD5242#DD5242

#DD5242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.177 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5242
RGB	rgb(221, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 53.37, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 65.58, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1539 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.177 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8230, 21.8048, 7.5809)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5242 #42CDDD

analogous

#DD4280 #DD5242 #DDA042

triadic

#DD5242 #42DD52 #5242DD

tetradic

#DD5242 #80DD42 #42CDDD #A042DD

square

#DD5242 #80DD42 #42CDDD #A042DD

split-complementary

#DD5242 #42DDA0 #4280DD

monochromatic

#8C2519 #BF3322 #DD5242 #E68176 #F0B1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#DD5242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#DD5242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5242

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5242	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)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.177 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8977',
    500: '#dd5242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5242;
$custom-light: #ef8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.194,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.17692,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5242

secondary

#9DD7DD

accent

#DAEC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5242

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

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