#DD5547#DD5547

#DD5547 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.173 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5547
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 71)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 52.32, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 63.49, 34.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1516 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.173 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2081, 22.3288, 8.4686)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5547 #47CFDD

analogous

#DD4784 #DD5547 #DDA047

triadic

#DD5547 #47DD55 #5547DD

tetradic

#DD5547 #84DD47 #47CFDD #A047DD

square

#DD5547 #84DD47 #47CFDD #A047DD

split-complementary

#DD5547 #47DDA0 #4784DD

monochromatic

#8F251A #C33324 #DD5547 #E7857B #F0B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DD5547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DD5547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5547

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5547	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	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)

#796F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.173 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a7b',
    500: '#dd5547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5547;
$custom-light: #ef8a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62667,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5547

secondary

#A2D9DE

accent

#DBEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5547

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

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