#DD421B#DD421B

#DD421B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.198 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD421B
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 78%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 88%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 87.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 58.51, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 80.09, 43.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1631 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.198 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9687, 19.3527, 3.0889)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD421B #1BB6DD

analogous

#DD1B55 #DD421B #DDA31B

triadic

#DD421B #1BDD42 #421BDD

tetradic

#DD421B #55DD1B #1BB6DD #A31BDD

square

#DD421B #55DD1B #1BB6DD #A31BDD

split-complementary

#DD421B #1BDDA3 #1B55DD

monochromatic

#70210E #A63214 #DD421B #E96C4C #F09983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#DD421B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#DD421B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD421B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD421B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD421B	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97860E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd421b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.198 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2805d',
    500: '#dd421b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd421b;
$custom-light: #f2805d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd421b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.062,
    "s": 78.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60074,
    "c": 0.19781,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD421B

secondary

#7BC6D8

accent

#CEF533

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFEFE9

border

#D7CAC5

text

#190B04

muted

#867C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD421B

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

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