#DD493E#DD493E

#DD493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.186 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD493E
RGB	rgb(221, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 56.92, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 68.81, 34.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1643 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.186 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0745, 20.4899, 6.7699)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD493E #3ED2DD

analogous

#DD3E82 #DD493E #DD983E

triadic

#DD493E #3EDD49 #493EDD

tetradic

#DD493E #82DD3E #3ED2DD #983EDD

square

#DD493E #82DD3E #3ED2DD #983EDD

split-complementary

#DD493E #3EDD98 #3E82DD

monochromatic

#892018 #BD2C21 #DD493E #E67A72 #EFABA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#DD493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#DD493E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD493E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD493E	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)

#73693C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.186 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08474',
    500: '#dd493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd493e;
$custom-light: #f08474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.151,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61137,
    "c": 0.1862,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD493E

secondary

#9AD8DD

accent

#E1ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD493E

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

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