#DD5742#DD5742

#DD5742 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.172 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5742
RGB	rgb(221, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 51.18, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 64.38, 37.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1471 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.172 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2139, 22.5866, 7.7112)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5742 #42C8DD

analogous

#DD427B #DD5742 #DDA542

triadic

#DD5742 #42DD57 #5742DD

tetradic

#DD5742 #7BDD42 #42C8DD #A542DD

square

#DD5742 #7BDD42 #42C8DD #A542DD

split-complementary

#DD5742 #42DDA5 #427BDD

monochromatic

#8C2919 #BF3822 #DD5742 #E68576 #F0B3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DD5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DD5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5742

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5742	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.172 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b77',
    500: '#dd5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5742;
$custom-light: #ef8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.129,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5742

secondary

#9DD5DD

accent

#D4EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5742

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

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