#DD5342#DD5342

#DD5342 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.176 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5342
RGB	rgb(221, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 52.94, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 65.34, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1526 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.176 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8989, 21.9567, 7.6062)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5342 #42CCDD

analogous

#DD427F #DD5342 #DDA142

triadic

#DD5342 #42DD53 #5342DD

tetradic

#DD5342 #7FDD42 #42CCDD #A142DD

square

#DD5342 #7FDD42 #42CCDD #A142DD

split-complementary

#DD5342 #42DDA1 #427FDD

monochromatic

#8C2619 #BF3422 #DD5342 #E68276 #F0B1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DD5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DD5342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5342

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5342	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.176 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8977',
    500: '#dd5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5342;
$custom-light: #ef8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.17594,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5342

secondary

#9DD6DD

accent

#D9EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5342

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

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