#DD5438#DD5438

#DD5438 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.177 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5438
RGB	rgb(221, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 52.06, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 68.00, 40.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1479 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.177 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7065, 22.0031, 6.2127)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5438 #38C1DD

analogous

#DD386F #DD5438 #DDA738

triadic

#DD5438 #38DD54 #5438DD

tetradic

#DD5438 #6FDD38 #38C1DD #A738DD

square

#DD5438 #6FDD38 #38C1DD #A738DD

split-complementary

#DD5438 #38DDA7 #386FDD

monochromatic

#842917 #B8391F #DD5438 #E6816C #EFAEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DD5438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#DD5438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5438

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5438	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.177 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08a70',
    500: '#dd5438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5438;
$custom-light: #f08a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.182,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62351,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5438

secondary

#95D0DB

accent

#CFEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5438

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

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