#DD5E40#DD5E40

#DD5E40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.166 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E40
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 47.88, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 63.36, 40.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.1364 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.166 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7504, 23.7523, 7.6043)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E40 #40BFDD

analogous

#DD4070 #DD5E40 #DDAC40

triadic

#DD5E40 #40DD5E #5E40DD

tetradic

#DD5E40 #70DD40 #40BFDD #AC40DD

square

#DD5E40 #70DD40 #40BFDD #AC40DD

split-complementary

#DD5E40 #40DDAC #4070DD

monochromatic

#8A2E19 #BE4022 #DD5E40 #E68A74 #EFB6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DD5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DD5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E40

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E40	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.166 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9076',
    500: '#dd5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e40;
$custom-light: #ef9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.465,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63745,
    "c": 0.16581,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E40

secondary

#9CD0DD

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E40

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

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