#DD4538#DD4538

#DD4538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.191 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4538
RGB	rgb(221, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 58.22, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 71.36, 35.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1671 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.191 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6644, 19.9188, 5.8654)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4538 #38D0DD

analogous

#DD387E #DD4538 #DD9738

triadic

#DD4538 #38DD45 #4538DD

tetradic

#DD4538 #7EDD38 #38D0DD #9738DD

square

#DD4538 #7EDD38 #38D0DD #9738DD

split-complementary

#DD4538 #38DD97 #387EDD

monochromatic

#841F17 #B82C1F #DD4538 #E6766C #EFA7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#DD4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#DD4538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4538

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4538	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F30E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.191 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0826f',
    500: '#dd4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4538;
$custom-light: #f0826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.727,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.19079,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4538

secondary

#95D6DB

accent

#DFEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#180B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4538

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

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