#DD4440#DD4440

#DD4440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.191 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4440
RGB	rgb(221, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 58.94, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 69.47, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.171 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.191 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8149, 19.8814, 6.9591)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4440 #40D9DD

analogous

#DD408A #DD4440 #DD9340

triadic

#DD4440 #40DD44 #4440DD

tetradic

#DD4440 #8ADD40 #40D9DD #9340DD

square

#DD4440 #8ADD40 #40D9DD #9340DD

split-complementary

#DD4440 #40DD93 #408ADD

monochromatic

#8A1B19 #BE2622 #DD4440 #E67774 #EFAAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#DD4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#DD4440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4440

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4440	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.191 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08175',
    500: '#dd4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4440;
$custom-light: #f08175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.529,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60633,
    "c": 0.19051,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4440

secondary

#9CDBDD

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4440

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

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