#DD5549#DD5549

#DD5549 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.173 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5549
RGB	rgb(221, 85, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 52.43, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 62.97, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1523 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.173 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2733, 22.3549, 8.8122)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5549 #49D1DD

analogous

#DD4987 #DD5549 #DD9F49

triadic

#DD5549 #49DD55 #5549DD

tetradic

#DD5549 #87DD49 #49D1DD #9F49DD

square

#DD5549 #87DD49 #49D1DD #9F49DD

split-complementary

#DD5549 #49DD9F #4987DD

monochromatic

#91251B #C43225 #DD5549 #E7857D #F0B5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DD5549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#DD5549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5549

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5549	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)

#797047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 85, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.173 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a7c',
    500: '#dd5549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5549;
$custom-light: #ef8a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62696,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5549

secondary

#A3DADF

accent

#DDEB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5549

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

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