#DD5E41#DD5E41

#DD5E41 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.166 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E41
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 65)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 47.93, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 63.05, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.1368 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.166 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7791, 23.7638, 7.7555)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E41 #41C0DD

analogous

#DD4172 #DD5E41 #DDAC41

triadic

#DD5E41 #41DD5E #5E41DD

tetradic

#DD5E41 #72DD41 #41C0DD #AC41DD

square

#DD5E41 #72DD41 #41C0DD #AC41DD

split-complementary

#DD5E41 #41DDAC #4172DD

monochromatic

#8B2E19 #BF3F22 #DD5E41 #E68A75 #F0B6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DD5E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DD5E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E41

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E41	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)

#80743E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.166 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9077',
    500: '#dd5e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e41;
$custom-light: #ef9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.154,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63757,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E41

secondary

#9DD1DD

accent

#CCEC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E41

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

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