#DD4940#DD4940

#DD4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.186 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4940
RGB	rgb(221, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 57.01, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 68.28, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.1649 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.186 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1303, 20.5122, 7.0642)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4940 #40D4DD

analogous

#DD4086 #DD4940 #DD9740

triadic

#DD4940 #40DD49 #4940DD

tetradic

#DD4940 #86DD40 #40D4DD #9740DD

square

#DD4940 #86DD40 #40D4DD #9740DD

split-complementary

#DD4940 #40DD97 #4086DD

monochromatic

#8A1F19 #BE2B22 #DD4940 #E67B74 #EFACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#DD4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#DD4940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4940

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4940	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)

#72693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.186 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08475',
    500: '#dd4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4940;
$custom-light: #f08475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.439,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61163,
    "c": 0.18588,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4940

secondary

#9CD9DD

accent

#E2ED3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4940

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

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