#DD5541#DD5541

#DD5541 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.174 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5541
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 52.02, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 65.14, 37.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1495 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.174 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0250, 22.2555, 7.5041)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5541 #41C9DD

analogous

#DD417B #DD5541 #DDA341

triadic

#DD5541 #41DD55 #5541DD

tetradic

#DD5541 #7BDD41 #41C9DD #A341DD

square

#DD5541 #7BDD41 #41C9DD #A341DD

split-complementary

#DD5541 #41DDA3 #417BDD

monochromatic

#8B2719 #BF3622 #DD5541 #E68375 #F0B2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DD5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DD5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5541

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5541	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.174 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a76',
    500: '#dd5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5541;
$custom-light: #ef8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62584,
    "c": 0.17421,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5541

secondary

#9DD5DD

accent

#D6EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5541

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

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