#DD4238#DD4238

#DD4238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.193 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4238
RGB	rgb(221, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 59.35, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 72.03, 34.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1707 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.193 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4845, 19.5590, 5.8054)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4238 #38D3DD

analogous

#DD3881 #DD4238 #DD9438

triadic

#DD4238 #38DD42 #4238DD

tetradic

#DD4238 #81DD38 #38D3DD #9438DD

square

#DD4238 #81DD38 #38D3DD #9438DD

split-complementary

#DD4238 #38DD94 #3881DD

monochromatic

#841D17 #B8291F #DD4238 #E6746C #EFA5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#DD4238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#DD4238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4238

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4238	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.193 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1806f',
    500: '#dd4238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4238;
$custom-light: #f1806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60327,
    "c": 0.19344,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4238

secondary

#95D7DB

accent

#E3EE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4238

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

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