#DD5548#DD5548

#DD5548 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.173 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5548
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 72)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 52.38, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 63.23, 34.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.152 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.173 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2404, 22.3417, 8.6390)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5548 #48D0DD

analogous

#DD4885 #DD5548 #DDA048

triadic

#DD5548 #48DD55 #5548DD

tetradic

#DD5548 #85DD48 #48D0DD #A048DD

square

#DD5548 #85DD48 #48D0DD #A048DD

split-complementary

#DD5548 #48DDA0 #4885DD

monochromatic

#90251B #C33224 #DD5548 #E7857C #F0B5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DD5548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DD5548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5548

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5548	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.173 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a7b',
    500: '#dd5548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5548;
$custom-light: #ef8a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.235,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62681,
    "c": 0.17282,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5548

secondary

#A2D9DE

accent

#DCEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5548

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

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