#DD5840#DD5840

#DD5840 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.172 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5840
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 50.63, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 64.72, 38.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.145 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.172 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2375, 22.7264, 7.4333)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5840 #40C5DD

analogous

#DD4076 #DD5840 #DDA640

triadic

#DD5840 #40DD58 #5840DD

tetradic

#DD5840 #76DD40 #40C5DD #A640DD

square

#DD5840 #76DD40 #40C5DD #A640DD

split-complementary

#DD5840 #40DDA6 #4076DD

monochromatic

#8A2A19 #BE3A22 #DD5840 #E68574 #EFB3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DD5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DD5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5840

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5840	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.172 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8c76',
    500: '#dd5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5840;
$custom-light: #ef8c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.172,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5840

secondary

#9CD3DD

accent

#D1ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5840

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

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