#DD4740#DD4740

#DD4740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.188 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4740
RGB	rgb(221, 71, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 57.79, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 68.76, 32.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.1674 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.188 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0011, 20.2536, 7.0211)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4740 #40D6DD

analogous

#DD4087 #DD4740 #DD9540

triadic

#DD4740 #40DD47 #4740DD

tetradic

#DD4740 #87DD40 #40D6DD #9540DD

square

#DD4740 #87DD40 #40D6DD #9540DD

split-complementary

#DD4740 #40DD95 #4087DD

monochromatic

#8A1E19 #BE2922 #DD4740 #E67974 #EFABA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#DD4740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#DD4740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4740

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4740	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 71, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.188 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08375',
    500: '#dd4740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4740;
$custom-light: #f08375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.675,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60947,
    "c": 0.18774,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4740

secondary

#9CDADD

accent

#E5ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4740

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

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