#DD4844#DD4844

#DD4844 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.186 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4844
RGB	rgb(221, 72, 68)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 57.59, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 67.51, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.1676 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.186 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1831, 20.4291, 7.6636)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4844 #44D9DD

analogous

#DD448C #DD4844 #DD9544

triadic

#DD4844 #44DD48 #4844DD

tetradic

#DD4844 #8CDD44 #44D9DD #9544DD

square

#DD4844 #8CDD44 #44D9DD #9544DD

split-complementary

#DD4844 #44DD95 #448CDD

monochromatic

#8D1D1A #C12723 #DD4844 #E67B78 #F0ADAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#DD4844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#DD4844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4844

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4844	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)

#716842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 72, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.186 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08378',
    500: '#dd4844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4844;
$custom-light: #f08378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.569,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61111,
    "c": 0.18624,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4844

secondary

#9FDCDE

accent

#E7EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4844

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

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