#DD5C40#DD5C40

#DD5C40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.168 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5C40
RGB	rgb(221, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 48.81, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 63.81, 40.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1393 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.168 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5749, 23.4012, 7.5457)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5C40 #40C1DD

analogous

#DD4072 #DD5C40 #DDAB40

triadic

#DD5C40 #40DD5C #5C40DD

tetradic

#DD5C40 #72DD40 #40C1DD #AB40DD

square

#DD5C40 #72DD40 #40C1DD #AB40DD

split-complementary

#DD5C40 #40DDAB #4072DD

monochromatic

#8A2D19 #BE3E22 #DD5C40 #E68874 #EFB5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DD5C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DD5C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5C40

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5C40	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.168 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8e76',
    500: '#dd5c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5c40;
$custom-light: #ef8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.701,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63476,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5C40

secondary

#9CD1DD

accent

#CDED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5C40

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

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