#DD5842#DD5842

#DD5842 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.171 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5842
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 50.73, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 64.14, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.1457 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.171 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2954, 22.7496, 7.7384)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5842 #42C7DD

analogous

#DD427A #DD5842 #DDA642

triadic

#DD5842 #42DD58 #5842DD

tetradic

#DD5842 #7ADD42 #42C7DD #A642DD

square

#DD5842 #7ADD42 #42C7DD #A642DD

split-complementary

#DD5842 #42DDA6 #427ADD

monochromatic

#8C2919 #BF3922 #DD5842 #E68676 #F0B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DD5842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DD5842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5842

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5842	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.171 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8c77',
    500: '#dd5842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5842;
$custom-light: #ef8c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.516,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62977,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5842

secondary

#9DD4DD

accent

#D3EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5842

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

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