#DD6440#DD6440

#DD6440 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.160 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD6440
RGB	rgb(221, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 45.02, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 62.08, 43.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1276 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.16 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3048, 24.8612, 7.7891)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD6440 #40B9DD

analogous

#DD406A #DD6440 #DDB240

triadic

#DD6440 #40DD64 #6440DD

tetradic

#DD6440 #6ADD40 #40B9DD #B240DD

square

#DD6440 #6ADD40 #40B9DD #B240DD

split-complementary

#DD6440 #40DDB2 #406ADD

monochromatic

#8A3319 #BE4622 #DD6440 #E68E74 #EFB8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#DD6440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#DD6440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD6440

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD6440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD6440	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F24B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd6440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.160 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9376',
    500: '#dd6440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd6440;
$custom-light: #ef9376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd6440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.758,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64579,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD6440

secondary

#9CCEDD

accent

#C4ED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD6440

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

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