#DD5844#DD5844

#DD5844 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.171 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5844
RGB	rgb(221, 88, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 50.83, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 63.57, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.1464 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.171 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3554, 22.7736, 8.0544)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5844 #44C9DD

analogous

#DD447D #DD5844 #DDA544

triadic

#DD5844 #44DD58 #5844DD

tetradic

#DD5844 #7DDD44 #44C9DD #A544DD

square

#DD5844 #7DDD44 #44C9DD #A544DD

split-complementary

#DD5844 #44DDA5 #447DDD

monochromatic

#8D291A #C13823 #DD5844 #E68678 #F0B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DD5844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DD5844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5844

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5844	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)

#7C7141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 88, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.171 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8c78',
    500: '#dd5844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5844;
$custom-light: #ef8c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.843,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63004,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5844

secondary

#9FD6DE

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5844

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

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