#DD4140#DD4140

#DD4140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.193 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4140
RGB	rgb(221, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 60.05, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 70.17, 31.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1745 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.193 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6381, 19.5278, 6.9002)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4140 #40DCDD

analogous

#DD408D #DD4140 #DD8F40

triadic

#DD4140 #40DD41 #4140DD

tetradic

#DD4140 #8DDD40 #40DCDD #8F40DD

square

#DD4140 #8DDD40 #40DCDD #8F40DD

split-complementary

#DD4140 #40DD8F #408DDD

monochromatic

#8A1919 #BE2322 #DD4140 #E67574 #EFA8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#DD4140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#DD4140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4140

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4140	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)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.193 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08075',
    500: '#dd4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4140;
$custom-light: #f08075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.382,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60331,
    "c": 0.19321,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4140

secondary

#9CDDDD

accent

#EBED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4140

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

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