#DD4836#DD4836

#DD4836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.188 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4836
RGB	rgb(221, 72, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 56.98, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 71.26, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1629 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.188 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8057, 20.2781, 5.6760)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4836 #36CBDD

analogous

#DD3678 #DD4836 #DD9C36

triadic

#DD4836 #36DD48 #4836DD

tetradic

#DD4836 #78DD36 #36CBDD #9C36DD

square

#DD4836 #78DD36 #36CBDD #9C36DD

split-complementary

#DD4836 #36DD9C #3678DD

monochromatic

#832216 #B72F1F #DD4836 #E6786A #EFA79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#DD4836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#DD4836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4836

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4836	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 72, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.188 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0836e',
    500: '#dd4836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4836;
$custom-light: #f0836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.467,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4836

secondary

#94D3DB

accent

#DAEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4836

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

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