#DD4838#DD4838

#DD4838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.188 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4838
RGB	rgb(221, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 57.06, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 70.69, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.1635 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.188 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8536, 20.2973, 5.9284)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4838 #38CDDD

analogous

#DD387B #DD4838 #DD9B38

triadic

#DD4838 #38DD48 #4838DD

tetradic

#DD4838 #7BDD38 #38CDDD #9B38DD

square

#DD4838 #7BDD38 #38CDDD #9B38DD

split-complementary

#DD4838 #38DD9B #387BDD

monochromatic

#842117 #B82E1F #DD4838 #E6786C #EFA8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#DD4838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#DD4838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4838

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4838	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.188 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08370',
    500: '#dd4838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4838;
$custom-light: #f08370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.818,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60954,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4838

secondary

#95D5DB

accent

#DCEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4838

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

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