#DD5C42#DD5C42

#DD5C42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.167 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5C42
RGB	rgb(221, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 48.91, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 63.21, 39.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.14 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.167 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6328, 23.4244, 7.8509)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5C42 #42C3DD

analogous

#DD4276 #DD5C42 #DDAA42

triadic

#DD5C42 #42DD5C #5C42DD

tetradic

#DD5C42 #76DD42 #42C3DD #AA42DD

square

#DD5C42 #76DD42 #42C3DD #AA42DD

split-complementary

#DD5C42 #42DDAA #4276DD

monochromatic

#8C2C19 #BF3D22 #DD5C42 #E68976 #F0B5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#DD5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#DD5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5C42

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5C42	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	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)

#7F733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.167 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8e77',
    500: '#dd5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5c42;
$custom-light: #ef8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.065,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5C42

secondary

#9DD3DD

accent

#CFEC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5C42

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

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