#DD5740#DD5740

#DD5740 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.172 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5740
RGB	rgb(221, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 51.08, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 64.95, 38.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1464 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.173 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1559, 22.5634, 7.4061)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5740 #40C6DD

analogous

#DD4077 #DD5740 #DDA540

triadic

#DD5740 #40DD57 #5740DD

tetradic

#DD5740 #77DD40 #40C6DD #A540DD

square

#DD5740 #77DD40 #40C6DD #A540DD

split-complementary

#DD5740 #40DDA5 #4077DD

monochromatic

#8A2919 #BE3922 #DD5740 #E68574 #EFB2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DD5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#DD5740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5740

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5740	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.172 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b76',
    500: '#dd5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5740;
$custom-light: #ef8b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.79,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62823,
    "c": 0.1725,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5740

secondary

#9CD3DD

accent

#D3ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5740

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

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