#DD4840#DD4840

#DD4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.187 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4840
RGB	rgb(221, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 57.40, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 68.52, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1662 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.187 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0652, 20.3819, 7.0425)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4840 #40D5DD

analogous

#DD4086 #DD4840 #DD9640

triadic

#DD4840 #40DD48 #4840DD

tetradic

#DD4840 #86DD40 #40D5DD #9640DD

square

#DD4840 #86DD40 #40D5DD #9640DD

split-complementary

#DD4840 #40DD96 #4086DD

monochromatic

#8A1E19 #BE2A22 #DD4840 #E67A74 #EFACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#DD4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#DD4840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4840

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4840	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.187 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08375',
    500: '#dd4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4840;
$custom-light: #f08375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.057,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61055,
    "c": 0.18682,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4840

secondary

#9CDADD

accent

#E4ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4840

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

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