#DD4738#DD4738

#DD4738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.189 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4738
RGB	rgb(221, 71, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 57.45, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 70.92, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1647 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.189 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7895, 20.1690, 5.9071)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4738 #38CEDD

analogous

#DD387B #DD4738 #DD9A38

triadic

#DD4738 #38DD47 #4738DD

tetradic

#DD4738 #7BDD38 #38CEDD #9A38DD

square

#DD4738 #7BDD38 #38CEDD #9A38DD

split-complementary

#DD4738 #38DD9A #387BDD

monochromatic

#842117 #B82D1F #DD4738 #E6776C #EFA8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#DD4738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#DD4738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4738

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4738	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 71, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.189 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08370',
    500: '#dd4738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4738;
$custom-light: #f08370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60846,
    "c": 0.18901,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4738

secondary

#95D5DB

accent

#DDEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#180B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4738

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

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