#DD3436#DD3436

#DD3436 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.205 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD3436
RGB	rgb(221, 52, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 63.97, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 75.48, 32.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1849 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.205 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7164, 18.0995, 5.3129)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD3436 #34DDDB

analogous

#DD348A #DD3436 #DD8634

triadic

#DD3436 #36DD34 #3436DD

tetradic

#DD3436 #8ADD34 #34DDDB #8634DD

square

#DD3436 #8ADD34 #34DDDB #8634DD

split-complementary

#DD3436 #34DD86 #348ADD

monochromatic

#811617 #B51E20 #DD3436 #E6686A #EF9D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#DD3436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#DD3436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD3436

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD3436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD3436	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd3436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 52, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.205 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f17a6e',
    500: '#dd3436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd3436;
$custom-light: #f17a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd3436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.29,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59039,
    "c": 0.2051,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD3436

secondary

#92DBDA

accent

#EEEC3A

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#190A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD3436

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

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