#DD5843#DD5843

#DD5843 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.171 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5843
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 50.78, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 63.85, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.146 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.171 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3251, 22.7615, 7.8950)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5843 #43C8DD

analogous

#DD437B #DD5843 #DDA543

triadic

#DD5843 #43DD58 #5843DD

tetradic

#DD5843 #7BDD43 #43C8DD #A543DD

square

#DD5843 #7BDD43 #43C8DD #A543DD

split-complementary

#DD5843 #43DDA5 #437BDD

monochromatic

#8C2919 #C03823 #DD5843 #E68677 #F0B4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DD5843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DD5843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5843

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5843	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)

#7C7140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.171 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8c78',
    500: '#dd5843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5843;
$custom-light: #ef8c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62991,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5843

secondary

#9ED5DE

accent

#D4EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5843

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

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