#DD5A48#DD5A48

#DD5A48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.168 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5A48
RGB	rgb(221, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 50.14, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 61.97, 36.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.145 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.168 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6481, 23.1570, 8.7749)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5A48 #48CBDD

analogous

#DD4881 #DD5A48 #DDA448

triadic

#DD5A48 #48DD5A #5A48DD

tetradic

#DD5A48 #81DD48 #48CBDD #A448DD

square

#DD5A48 #81DD48 #48CBDD #A448DD

split-complementary

#DD5A48 #48DDA4 #4881DD

monochromatic

#90291B #C33824 #DD5A48 #E7897C #F0B7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#DD5A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#DD5A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5A48

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5A48	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.168 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8d7b',
    500: '#dd5a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5a48;
$custom-light: #ef8d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.248,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63319,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5A48

secondary

#A2D7DE

accent

#D6EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5A48

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

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