#DD4849#DD4849

#DD4849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.186 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4849
RGB	rgb(221, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(360, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(360, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 57.85, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 66.32, 29.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1694 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.186 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3423, 20.4927, 8.5018)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4849 #48DDDC

analogous

#DD4894 #DD4849 #DD9148

triadic

#DD4849 #49DD48 #4849DD

tetradic

#DD4849 #94DD48 #48DDDC #9148DD

square

#DD4849 #94DD48 #48DDDC #9148DD

split-complementary

#DD4849 #48DD91 #4894DD

monochromatic

#901B1C #C32425 #DD4849 #E77C7C #F0AFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#DD4849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#DD4849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4849

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4849	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F21F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.186 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef837c',
    500: '#dd4849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4849;
$custom-light: #ef837c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.597,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61187,
    "c": 0.1856,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4849

secondary

#A2DEDE

accent

#ECEA3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4849

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

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