#DD5945#DD5945

#DD5945 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.169 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5945
RGB	rgb(221, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 50.43, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 63.05, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1453 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.169 31)
XYZ	xyz(34.4688, 22.9512, 8.2440)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5945 #45C9DD

analogous

#DD457D #DD5945 #DDA545

triadic

#DD5945 #45DD59 #5945DD

tetradic

#DD5945 #7DDD45 #45C9DD #A545DD

square

#DD5945 #7DDD45 #45C9DD #A545DD

split-complementary

#DD5945 #45DDA5 #457DDD

monochromatic

#8E291A #C13823 #DD5945 #E68779 #F0B5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DD5945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DD5945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5945

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5945	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)

#7C7242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.169 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d79',
    500: '#dd5945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5945;
$custom-light: #ef8d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.895,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63147,
    "c": 0.16944,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.22947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5945

secondary

#A0D6DE

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5945

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

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