#DD6243#DD6243

#DD6243 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.161 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6243
RGB	rgb(221, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 46.13, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 61.56, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.1316 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.161 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2030, 24.5173, 8.1877)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6243 #43BEDD

analogous

#DD4371 #DD6243 #DDAF43

triadic

#DD6243 #43DD62 #6243DD

tetradic

#DD6243 #71DD43 #43BEDD #AF43DD

square

#DD6243 #71DD43 #43BEDD #AF43DD

split-complementary

#DD6243 #43DDAF #4371DD

monochromatic

#8C3019 #C04223 #DD6243 #E68D77 #F0B9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#DD6243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#DD6243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6243

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6243	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)

#83773F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.161 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9278',
    500: '#dd6243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6243;
$custom-light: #ef9278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.078,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64334,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6243

secondary

#9ED1DE

accent

#C9EC3C

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6243

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

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