#DD5E49#DD5E49

#DD5E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.164 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5E49
RGB	rgb(221, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 48.34, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 60.71, 37.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.1396 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.164 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0275, 23.8632, 9.0636)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5E49 #49C8DD

analogous

#DD497E #DD5E49 #DDA849

triadic

#DD5E49 #49DD5E #5E49DD

tetradic

#DD5E49 #7EDD49 #49C8DD #A849DD

square

#DD5E49 #7EDD49 #49C8DD #A849DD

split-complementary

#DD5E49 #49DDA8 #497EDD

monochromatic

#912C1B #C43B25 #DD5E49 #E78C7D #F0B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#DD5E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#DD5E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5E49

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5E49	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.164 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef907c',
    500: '#dd5e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5e49;
$custom-light: #ef907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63865,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5E49

secondary

#A3D6DF

accent

#D3EB3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5E49

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

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