#DD4642#DD4642

#DD4642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.188 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4642
RGB	rgb(221, 70, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 58.27, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 68.49, 31.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.1693 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.188 26)
XYZ	xyz(32.9959, 20.1507, 7.3052)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4642 #42D9DD

analogous

#DD428C #DD4642 #DD9442

triadic

#DD4642 #42DD46 #4642DD

tetradic

#DD4642 #8CDD42 #42D9DD #9442DD

square

#DD4642 #8CDD42 #42D9DD #9442DD

split-complementary

#DD4642 #42DD94 #428CDD

monochromatic

#8C1C19 #BF2622 #DD4642 #E67976 #F0ACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#DD4642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#DD4642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4642

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4642	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 70, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.188 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08277',
    500: '#dd4642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4642;
$custom-light: #f08277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60869,
    "c": 0.18839,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.20146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4642

secondary

#9DDCDD

accent

#E8EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4642

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

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