#DD6342#DD6342

#DD6342 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.161 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6342
RGB	rgb(221, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(13, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 45.60, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 61.65, 42.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1298 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.161 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2674, 24.6937, 8.0624)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6342 #42BCDD

analogous

#DD426F #DD6342 #DDB142

triadic

#DD6342 #42DD63 #6342DD

tetradic

#DD6342 #6FDD42 #42BCDD #B142DD

square

#DD6342 #6FDD42 #42BCDD #B142DD

split-complementary

#DD6342 #42DDB1 #426FDD

monochromatic

#8C3119 #BF4422 #DD6342 #E68E76 #F0B9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#DD6342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#DD6342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6342

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6342	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.161 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9378',
    500: '#dd6342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6342;
$custom-light: #ef9378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6342

secondary

#9DD0DD

accent

#C7EC3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6342

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

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