#DD5942#DD5942

#DD5942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.170 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5942
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 50.28, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 63.91, 38.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1443 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.17 32)
XYZ	xyz(34.3780, 22.9149, 7.7659)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5942 #42C6DD

analogous

#DD4279 #DD5942 #DDA742

triadic

#DD5942 #42DD59 #5942DD

tetradic

#DD5942 #79DD42 #42C6DD #A742DD

square

#DD5942 #79DD42 #42C6DD #A742DD

split-complementary

#DD5942 #42DDA7 #4279DD

monochromatic

#8C2A19 #BF3A22 #DD5942 #E68776 #F0B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DD5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DD5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5942

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5942	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.170 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d77',
    500: '#dd5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5942;
$custom-light: #ef8d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.903,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63106,
    "c": 0.17011,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.2291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5942

secondary

#9DD4DD

accent

#D2EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5942

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

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