#DD4542#DD4542

#DD4542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.189 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4542
RGB	rgb(221, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 58.66, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 68.73, 31.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1705 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.189 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9339, 20.0266, 7.2846)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4542 #42DADD

analogous

#DD428D #DD4542 #DD9342

triadic

#DD4542 #42DD45 #4542DD

tetradic

#DD4542 #8DDD42 #42DADD #9342DD

square

#DD4542 #8DDD42 #42DADD #9342DD

split-complementary

#DD4542 #42DD93 #428DDD

monochromatic

#8C1B19 #BF2522 #DD4542 #E67876 #F0ABAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#DD4542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#DD4542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4542

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4542	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.189 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08277',
    500: '#dd4542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4542;
$custom-light: #f08277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.161,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60764,
    "c": 0.18933,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4542

secondary

#9DDCDD

accent

#E9EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4542

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

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