#DD5544#DD5544

#DD5544 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.174 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5544
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 52.17, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 64.30, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.1505 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.174 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1142, 22.2912, 7.9740)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5544 #44CCDD

analogous

#DD4480 #DD5544 #DDA244

triadic

#DD5544 #44DD55 #5544DD

tetradic

#DD5544 #80DD44 #44CCDD #A244DD

square

#DD5544 #80DD44 #44CCDD #A244DD

split-complementary

#DD5544 #44DDA2 #4480DD

monochromatic

#8D261A #C13523 #DD5544 #E68478 #F0B3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DD5544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DD5544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5544

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5544	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.174 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a78',
    500: '#dd5544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5544;
$custom-light: #ef8a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62624,
    "c": 0.17359,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5544

secondary

#9FD7DE

accent

#D8EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5544

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

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