#DD5538#DD5538

#DD5538 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.176 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5538
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 51.62, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 67.78, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1466 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.176 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7847, 22.1594, 6.2388)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5538 #38C0DD

analogous

#DD386E #DD5538 #DDA738

triadic

#DD5538 #38DD55 #5538DD

tetradic

#DD5538 #6EDD38 #38C0DD #A738DD

square

#DD5538 #6EDD38 #38C0DD #A738DD

split-complementary

#DD5538 #38DDA7 #386EDD

monochromatic

#842A17 #B83A1F #DD5538 #E6826C #EFAEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DD5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DD5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5538

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5538	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3334F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.176 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08a70',
    500: '#dd5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5538;
$custom-light: #f08a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62475,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5538

secondary

#95CFDB

accent

#CEEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5538

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

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