#DD4842#DD4842

#DD4842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.187 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4842
RGB	rgb(221, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 57.50, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 68.01, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1669 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.187 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1231, 20.4051, 7.3476)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4842 #42D7DD

analogous

#DD428A #DD4842 #DD9642

triadic

#DD4842 #42DD48 #4842DD

tetradic

#DD4842 #8ADD42 #42D7DD #9642DD

square

#DD4842 #8ADD42 #42D7DD #9642DD

split-complementary

#DD4842 #42DD96 #428ADD

monochromatic

#8C1E19 #BF2922 #DD4842 #E67A76 #F0ACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#DD4842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#DD4842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4842

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4842	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31C48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.187 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08377',
    500: '#dd4842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4842;
$custom-light: #f08377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61082,
    "c": 0.18652,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4842

secondary

#9DDBDD

accent

#E5EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4842

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

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