#DD4048#DD4048

#DD4048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.193 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4048
RGB	rgb(221, 64, 72)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 60.80, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 68.54, 27.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1785 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.193 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8254, 19.5117, 8.1673)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4048 #40DDD5

analogous

#DD4096 #DD4048 #DD8640

triadic

#DD4048 #48DD40 #4048DD

tetradic

#DD4048 #96DD40 #40DDD5 #8640DD

square

#DD4048 #96DD40 #40DDD5 #8640DD

split-complementary

#DD4048 #40DD86 #4096DD

monochromatic

#8A191E #BE222A #DD4048 #E6747A #EFA8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#DD4048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#DD4048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4048

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4048	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 64, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.193 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f07f7b',
    500: '#dd4048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4048;
$custom-light: #f07f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.943,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60354,
    "c": 0.19327,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4048

secondary

#9CDDDA

accent

#EDE43B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4048

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

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