#DD5545#DD5545

#DD5545 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.173 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5545
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 52.22, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 64.03, 35.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.1509 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.173 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1450, 22.3035, 8.1361)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5545 #45CDDD

analogous

#DD4581 #DD5545 #DDA145

triadic

#DD5545 #45DD55 #5545DD

tetradic

#DD5545 #81DD45 #45CDDD #A145DD

square

#DD5545 #81DD45 #45CDDD #A145DD

split-complementary

#DD5545 #45DDA1 #4581DD

monochromatic

#8E261A #C13423 #DD5545 #E68479 #F0B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DD5545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DD5545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5545

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5545	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)

#7A6F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.173 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a79',
    500: '#dd5545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5545;
$custom-light: #ef8a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62638,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5545

secondary

#A0D7DE

accent

#D9EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5545

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

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