#DD5E45#DD5E45

#DD5E45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.165 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E45
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 48.13, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 61.86, 38.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1382 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.165 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8991, 23.8118, 8.3875)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E45 #45C4DD

analogous

#DD4578 #DD5E45 #DDAA45

triadic

#DD5E45 #45DD5E #5E45DD

tetradic

#DD5E45 #78DD45 #45C4DD #AA45DD

square

#DD5E45 #78DD45 #45C4DD #AA45DD

split-complementary

#DD5E45 #45DDAA #4578DD

monochromatic

#8E2D1A #C13D23 #DD5E45 #E68B79 #F0B8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DD5E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#DD5E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E45

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E45	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.165 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9079',
    500: '#dd5e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e45;
$custom-light: #ef9079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.868,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63809,
    "c": 0.16455,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E45

secondary

#A0D4DE

accent

#CFEC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E45

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

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