#DD5E42#DD5E42

#DD5E42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.165 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E42
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 47.98, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 62.75, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1371 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.165 34)
XYZ	xyz(34.8083, 23.7755, 7.9094)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E42 #42C1DD

analogous

#DD4274 #DD5E42 #DDAC42

triadic

#DD5E42 #42DD5E #5E42DD

tetradic

#DD5E42 #74DD42 #42C1DD #AC42DD

square

#DD5E42 #74DD42 #42C1DD #AC42DD

split-complementary

#DD5E42 #42DDAC #4274DD

monochromatic

#8C2E19 #BF3F22 #DD5E42 #E68A76 #F0B6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DD5E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DD5E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E42

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E42	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)

#80743F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.165 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9077',
    500: '#dd5e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e42;
$custom-light: #ef9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6377,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.23771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E42

secondary

#9DD2DD

accent

#CCEC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E42

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

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