#DD5B40#DD5B40

#DD5B40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.169 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5B40
RGB	rgb(221, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 49.27, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 64.03, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.1408 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.169 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4888, 23.2291, 7.5171)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5B40 #40C2DD

analogous

#DD4074 #DD5B40 #DDA940

triadic

#DD5B40 #40DD5B #5B40DD

tetradic

#DD5B40 #74DD40 #40C2DD #A940DD

square

#DD5B40 #74DD40 #40C2DD #A940DD

split-complementary

#DD5B40 #40DDA9 #4074DD

monochromatic

#8A2C19 #BE3D22 #DD5B40 #E68874 #EFB4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#DD5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#DD5B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5B40

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5B40	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E733D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.169 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8e76',
    500: '#dd5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5b40;
$custom-light: #ef8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.318,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5B40

secondary

#9CD2DD

accent

#CEED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5B40

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

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