#DD6142#DD6142

#DD6142 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.162 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6142
RGB	rgb(221, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 46.56, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 62.09, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.1327 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.162 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0803, 24.3195, 8.0000)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6142 #42BEDD

analogous

#DD4271 #DD6142 #DDAF42

triadic

#DD6142 #42DD61 #6142DD

tetradic

#DD6142 #71DD42 #42BEDD #AF42DD

square

#DD6142 #71DD42 #42BEDD #AF42DD

split-complementary

#DD6142 #42DDAF #4271DD

monochromatic

#8C3019 #BF4222 #DD6142 #E68C76 #F0B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#DD6142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#DD6142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6142

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6142	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.162 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9177',
    500: '#dd6142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6142;
$custom-light: #ef9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64182,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6142

secondary

#9DD1DD

accent

#C9EC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6142

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

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