#DD3C42#DD3C42

#DD3C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.197 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD3C42
RGB	rgb(221, 60, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 61.90, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 70.83, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1808 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.197 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4217, 19.0021, 7.1138)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD3C42 #3CDDD7

analogous

#DD3C92 #DD3C42 #DD863C

triadic

#DD3C42 #42DD3C #3C42DD

tetradic

#DD3C42 #92DD3C #3CDDD7 #863CDD

square

#DD3C42 #92DD3C #3CDDD7 #863CDD

split-complementary

#DD3C42 #3CDD86 #3C92DD

monochromatic

#87181C #BB2126 #DD3C42 #E67075 #EFA4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#DD3C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#DD3C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD3C42

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD3C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD3C42	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd3c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 60, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.197 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f07d76',
    500: '#dd3c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd3c42;
$custom-light: #f07d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd3c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.764,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59886,
    "c": 0.19738,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD3C42

secondary

#99DCDA

accent

#EDE63B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD3C42

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

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