#DD5642#DD5642

#DD5642 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.173 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5642
RGB	rgb(221, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 51.62, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 64.62, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.1485 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.173 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1335, 22.4258, 7.6844)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5642 #42C9DD

analogous

#DD427C #DD5642 #DDA442

triadic

#DD5642 #42DD56 #5642DD

tetradic

#DD5642 #7CDD42 #42C9DD #A442DD

square

#DD5642 #7CDD42 #42C9DD #A442DD

split-complementary

#DD5642 #42DDA4 #427CDD

monochromatic

#8C2819 #BF3722 #DD5642 #E68476 #F0B3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DD5642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#DD5642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5642

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5642	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.173 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b77',
    500: '#dd5642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5642;
$custom-light: #ef8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62723,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5642

secondary

#9DD5DD

accent

#D6EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5642

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

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