#DD5542#DD5542

#DD5542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.174 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5542
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 52.07, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 64.85, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1499 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.174 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0542, 22.2672, 7.6580)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5542 #42CADD

analogous

#DD427D #DD5542 #DDA342

triadic

#DD5542 #42DD55 #5542DD

tetradic

#DD5542 #7DDD42 #42CADD #A342DD

square

#DD5542 #7DDD42 #42CADD #A342DD

split-complementary

#DD5542 #42DDA3 #427DDD

monochromatic

#8C2719 #BF3622 #DD5542 #E68476 #F0B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DD5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DD5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5542

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5542	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)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.174 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a77',
    500: '#dd5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5542;
$custom-light: #ef8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62597,
    "c": 0.174,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5542

secondary

#9DD5DD

accent

#D7EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5542

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

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