#DD5338#DD5338

#DD5338 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.178 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5338
RGB	rgb(221, 83, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 52.49, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 68.22, 39.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.1493 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.178 33)
XYZ	xyz(33.6295, 21.8489, 6.1871)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5338 #38C2DD

analogous

#DD3870 #DD5338 #DDA538

triadic

#DD5338 #38DD53 #5338DD

tetradic

#DD5338 #70DD38 #38C2DD #A538DD

square

#DD5338 #70DD38 #38C2DD #A538DD

split-complementary

#DD5338 #38DDA5 #3870DD

monochromatic

#842817 #B8381F #DD5338 #E6806C #EFADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DD5338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#DD5338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5338

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5338	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3304E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 83, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.178 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08970',
    500: '#dd5338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5338;
$custom-light: #f08970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.818,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.21844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5338

secondary

#95D0DB

accent

#D0EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5338

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

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