#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
RGBrgb(221, 68, 64)
HSLhsl(2, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(2, 71%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.2%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(51.70, 58.94, 36.77)
CIE-LCHlch(51.70, 69.47, 31.95°)
OKLaboklab(60.63% 0.171 0.0839)
OKLCHoklch(60.63% 0.191 26.1)
XYZxyz(32.8149, 19.8814, 6.9591)
Luminance0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

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
##DD44401.004.224.984.98
#FFFFFF4.221.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9821.001.001.00
##0000004.9821.001.001.00

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

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#DD4440 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva