#DD5A40#DD5A40

#DD5A40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.170 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A40
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 49.73, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 64.26, 39.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.1422 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.17 33)
XYZ	xyz(34.4039, 23.0593, 7.4887)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A40 #40C3DD

analogous

#DD4074 #DD5A40 #DDA840

triadic

#DD5A40 #40DD5A #5A40DD

tetradic

#DD5A40 #74DD40 #40C3DD #A840DD

square

#DD5A40 #74DD40 #40C3DD #A840DD

split-complementary

#DD5A40 #40DDA8 #4074DD

monochromatic

#8A2B19 #BE3C22 #DD5A40 #E68774 #EFB4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#DD5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A40

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A40	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.170 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d76',
    500: '#dd5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a40;
$custom-light: #ef8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.936,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.23055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A40

secondary

#9CD2DD

accent

#CFED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A40

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

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