#DD5943#DD5943

#DD5943 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.170 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5943
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 50.33, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 63.62, 37.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1446 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.17 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4078, 22.9268, 7.9226)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5943 #43C7DD

analogous

#DD437A #DD5943 #DDA643

triadic

#DD5943 #43DD59 #5943DD

tetradic

#DD5943 #7ADD43 #43C7DD #A643DD

square

#DD5943 #7ADD43 #43C7DD #A643DD

split-complementary

#DD5943 #43DDA6 #437ADD

monochromatic

#8C2A19 #C03923 #DD5943 #E68777 #F0B5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DD5943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#DD5943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5943

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5943	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)

#7D7240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.170 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d78',
    500: '#dd5943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5943;
$custom-light: #ef8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.16989,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5943

secondary

#9ED4DE

accent

#D3EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5943

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

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