#DD5A42#DD5A42

#DD5A42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A42
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 49.82, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 63.67, 38.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.1429 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.169 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4618, 23.0825, 7.7939)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A42 #42C5DD

analogous

#DD4278 #DD5A42 #DDA842

triadic

#DD5A42 #42DD5A #5A42DD

tetradic

#DD5A42 #78DD42 #42C5DD #A842DD

square

#DD5A42 #78DD42 #42C5DD #A842DD

split-complementary

#DD5A42 #42DDA8 #4278DD

monochromatic

#8C2B19 #BF3B22 #DD5A42 #E68776 #F0B5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DD5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A42

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A42	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d77',
    500: '#dd5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a42;
$custom-light: #ef8d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.29,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63237,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A42

secondary

#9DD3DD

accent

#D1EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A42

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

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