#DD4742#DD4742

#DD4742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.187 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4742
RGB	rgb(221, 71, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 57.89, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 68.25, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1681 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.187 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0590, 20.2768, 7.3263)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4742 #42D8DD

analogous

#DD428B #DD4742 #DD9442

triadic

#DD4742 #42DD47 #4742DD

tetradic

#DD4742 #8BDD42 #42D8DD #9442DD

square

#DD4742 #8BDD42 #42D8DD #9442DD

split-complementary

#DD4742 #42DD94 #428BDD

monochromatic

#8C1D19 #BF2722 #DD4742 #E67976 #F0ACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#DD4742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#DD4742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4742

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4742	1.00	4.15	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.15	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)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 71, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.187 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08377',
    500: '#dd4742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4742;
$custom-light: #f08377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60975,
    "c": 0.18746,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4742

secondary

#9DDBDD

accent

#E7EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4742

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

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