#DD5944#DD5944

#DD5944 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.170 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5944
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 50.38, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 63.33, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.145 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.17 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4380, 22.9389, 8.0819)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5944 #44C8DD

analogous

#DD447C #DD5944 #DDA644

triadic

#DD5944 #44DD59 #5944DD

tetradic

#DD5944 #7CDD44 #44C8DD #A644DD

square

#DD5944 #7CDD44 #44C8DD #A644DD

split-complementary

#DD5944 #44DDA6 #447CDD

monochromatic

#8D291A #C13923 #DD5944 #E68778 #F0B5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DD5944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DD5944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5944

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5944	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.170 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d79',
    500: '#dd5944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5944;
$custom-light: #ef8d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63133,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5944

secondary

#9FD5DE

accent

#D4EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5944

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

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