#DD5F42#DD5F42

#DD5F42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.164 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD5F42
RGB	rgb(221, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 47.51, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 62.53, 40.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1357 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.164 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8978, 23.9545, 7.9392)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD5F42 #42C0DD

analogous

#DD4273 #DD5F42 #DDAD42

triadic

#DD5F42 #42DD5F #5F42DD

tetradic

#DD5F42 #73DD42 #42C0DD #AD42DD

square

#DD5F42 #73DD42 #42C0DD #AD42DD

split-complementary

#DD5F42 #42DDAD #4273DD

monochromatic

#8C2F19 #BF4022 #DD5F42 #E68B76 #F0B7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#DD5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#DD5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD5F42

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD5F42	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.164 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9077',
    500: '#dd5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd5f42;
$custom-light: #ef9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63906,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD5F42

secondary

#9DD1DD

accent

#CBEC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD5F42

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

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