#DD4042#DD4042

#DD4042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.194 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4042
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 60.50, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 69.91, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1764 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.194 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6392, 19.4372, 7.1863)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4042 #40DDDB

analogous

#DD4090 #DD4042 #DD8C40

triadic

#DD4042 #42DD40 #4042DD

tetradic

#DD4042 #90DD40 #40DDDB #8C40DD

square

#DD4042 #90DD40 #40DDDB #8C40DD

split-complementary

#DD4042 #40DD8C #4090DD

monochromatic

#8A191A #BE2224 #DD4042 #E67475 #EFA8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#DD4042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#DD4042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4042

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4042	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.194 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f07f76',
    500: '#dd4042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4042;
$custom-light: #f07f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.236,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60262,
    "c": 0.19387,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4042

secondary

#9CDDDC

accent

#EDEA3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4042

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

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