#DD493F#DD493F

#DD493F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.186 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD493F
RGB	rgb(221, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 71.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 56.96, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 68.55, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1646 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.186 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1021, 20.5009, 6.9157)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD493F #3FD3DD

analogous

#DD3F84 #DD493F #DD983F

triadic

#DD493F #3FDD49 #493FDD

tetradic

#DD493F #84DD3F #3FD3DD #983FDD

square

#DD493F #84DD3F #3FD3DD #983FDD

split-complementary

#DD493F #3FDD98 #3F84DD

monochromatic

#891F18 #BD2B22 #DD493F #E67A73 #EFACA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#DD493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#DD493F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD493F

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD493F	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)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.186 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08474',
    500: '#dd493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd493f;
$custom-light: #f08474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.797,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6115,
    "c": 0.18603,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD493F

secondary

#9BD9DD

accent

#E1ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD493F

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

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