#DD4442#DD4442

#DD4442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.190 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4442
RGB	rgb(221, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 59.03, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 68.97, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.1717 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.19 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8729, 19.9046, 7.2642)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4442 #42DBDD

analogous

#DD428E #DD4442 #DD9242

triadic

#DD4442 #42DD44 #4442DD

tetradic

#DD4442 #8EDD42 #42DBDD #9242DD

square

#DD4442 #8EDD42 #42DBDD #9242DD

split-complementary

#DD4442 #42DD92 #428EDD

monochromatic

#8C1B19 #BF2422 #DD4442 #E67776 #F0ABAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#DD4442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#DD4442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4442

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4442	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)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.190 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08176',
    500: '#dd4442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4442;
$custom-light: #f08176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60661,
    "c": 0.19024,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4442

secondary

#9DDCDD

accent

#EAEC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4442

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

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