#DD5940#DD5940

#DD5940 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.171 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5940
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 50.18, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 64.49, 38.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1436 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.171 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3201, 22.8917, 7.4608)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5940 #40C4DD

analogous

#DD4075 #DD5940 #DDA740

triadic

#DD5940 #40DD59 #5940DD

tetradic

#DD5940 #75DD40 #40C4DD #A740DD

square

#DD5940 #75DD40 #40C4DD #A740DD

split-complementary

#DD5940 #40DDA7 #4075DD

monochromatic

#8A2B19 #BE3B22 #DD5940 #E68674 #EFB3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DD5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DD5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5940

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5940	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.171 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d76',
    500: '#dd5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5940;
$custom-light: #ef8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.554,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63081,
    "c": 0.17057,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5940

secondary

#9CD3DD

accent

#D0ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5940

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

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