#DD5A44#DD5A44

#DD5A44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.169 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A44
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 68)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 49.92, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 63.09, 37.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1436 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.169 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5218, 23.1065, 8.1099)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A44 #44C7DD

analogous

#DD447B #DD5A44 #DDA644

triadic

#DD5A44 #44DD5A #5A44DD

tetradic

#DD5A44 #7BDD44 #44C7DD #A644DD

square

#DD5A44 #7BDD44 #44C7DD #A644DD

split-complementary

#DD5A44 #44DDA6 #447BDD

monochromatic

#8D2A1A #C13A23 #DD5A44 #E68878 #F0B5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DD5A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DD5A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A44

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A44	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)

#7D7241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.169 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d79',
    500: '#dd5a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a44;
$custom-light: #ef8d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.627,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A44

secondary

#9FD5DE

accent

#D3EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A44

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

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