#DD6042#DD6042

#DD6042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.163 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6042
RGB	rgb(221, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 47.03, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 62.31, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1342 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.163 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9885, 24.1358, 7.9694)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6042 #42BFDD

analogous

#DD4272 #DD6042 #DDAE42

triadic

#DD6042 #42DD60 #6042DD

tetradic

#DD6042 #72DD42 #42BFDD #AE42DD

square

#DD6042 #72DD42 #42BFDD #AE42DD

split-complementary

#DD6042 #42DDAE #4272DD

monochromatic

#8C2F19 #BF4122 #DD6042 #E68C76 #F0B7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#DD6042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#DD6042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6042

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6042	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.163 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9177',
    500: '#dd6042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6042;
$custom-light: #ef9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6042

secondary

#9DD1DD

accent

#CAEC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6042

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

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