#DD4040#DD4040

#DD4040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.194 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4040
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 60.41, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 70.40, 30.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1757 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.194 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5812, 19.4140, 6.8812)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4040 #40DDDD

analogous

#DD408E #DD4040 #DD8E40

triadic

#DD4040 #40DD40 #4040DD

tetradic

#DD4040 #8EDD40 #40DDDD #8E40DD

square

#DD4040 #8EDD40 #40DDDD #8E40DD

split-complementary

#DD4040 #40DD8E #408EDD

monochromatic

#8A1919 #BE2222 #DD4040 #E67474 #EFA8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#DD4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#DD4040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4040

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4040	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.194 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f07f75',
    500: '#dd4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4040;
$custom-light: #f07f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60234,
    "c": 0.1941,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4040

secondary

#9CDDDD

accent

#EDED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4040

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

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