#DD4938#DD4938

#DD4938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.187 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4938
RGB	rgb(221, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 56.66, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 70.47, 36.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1623 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.187 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9188, 20.4276, 5.9502)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4938 #38CCDD

analogous

#DD387A #DD4938 #DD9C38

triadic

#DD4938 #38DD49 #4938DD

tetradic

#DD4938 #7ADD38 #38CCDD #9C38DD

square

#DD4938 #7ADD38 #38CCDD #9C38DD

split-complementary

#DD4938 #38DD9C #387ADD

monochromatic

#842217 #B82F1F #DD4938 #E6796C #EFA9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#DD4938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#DD4938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4938

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4938	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.187 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08470',
    500: '#dd4938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4938;
$custom-light: #f08470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.182,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61063,
    "c": 0.1872,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4938

secondary

#95D4DB

accent

#DBEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4938

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

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