#DD5442#DD5442

#DD5442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.175 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5442
RGB	rgb(221, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 52.51, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 65.09, 36.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1512 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.175 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9760, 22.1109, 7.6319)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5442 #42CBDD

analogous

#DD427E #DD5442 #DDA242

triadic

#DD5442 #42DD54 #5442DD

tetradic

#DD5442 #7EDD42 #42CBDD #A242DD

square

#DD5442 #7EDD42 #42CBDD #A242DD

split-complementary

#DD5442 #42DDA2 #427EDD

monochromatic

#8C2619 #BF3522 #DD5442 #E68376 #F0B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DD5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DD5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5442

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5442	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.175 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a77',
    500: '#dd5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5442;
$custom-light: #ef8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.968,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62473,
    "c": 0.17498,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5442

secondary

#9DD6DD

accent

#D8EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5442

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

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