#DD5A43#DD5A43

#DD5A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.169 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A43
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 49.87, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 63.38, 38.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.1432 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.169 32)
XYZ	xyz(34.4916, 23.0944, 7.9505)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A43 #43C6DD

analogous

#DD4379 #DD5A43 #DDA743

triadic

#DD5A43 #43DD5A #5A43DD

tetradic

#DD5A43 #79DD43 #43C6DD #A743DD

square

#DD5A43 #79DD43 #43C6DD #A743DD

split-complementary

#DD5A43 #43DDA7 #4379DD

monochromatic

#8C2B19 #C03A23 #DD5A43 #E68777 #F0B5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DD5A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A43

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A43	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)

#7D7240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.169 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d78',
    500: '#dd5a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a43;
$custom-light: #ef8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.961,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6325,
    "c": 0.16892,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.2309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A43

secondary

#9ED4DE

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A43

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

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