#DD6242#DD6242

#DD6242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.162 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6242
RGB	rgb(221, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, 46.08, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 61.87, 41.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1313 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.162 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1733, 24.5054, 8.0310)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6242 #42BDDD

analogous

#DD4270 #DD6242 #DDB042

triadic

#DD6242 #42DD62 #6242DD

tetradic

#DD6242 #70DD42 #42BDDD #B042DD

square

#DD6242 #70DD42 #42BDDD #B042DD

split-complementary

#DD6242 #42DDB0 #4270DD

monochromatic

#8C3119 #BF4322 #DD6242 #E68D76 #F0B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#DD6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#DD6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6242

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6242	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.162 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9277',
    500: '#dd6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6242;
$custom-light: #ef9277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64321,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6242

secondary

#9DD0DD

accent

#C8EC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6242

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

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