#DD4942#DD4942

#DD4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.186 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4942
RGB	rgb(221, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 57.10, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 67.76, 32.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1656 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.186 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1883, 20.5354, 7.3694)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4942 #42D6DD

analogous

#DD4289 #DD4942 #DD9742

triadic

#DD4942 #42DD49 #4942DD

tetradic

#DD4942 #89DD42 #42D6DD #9742DD

square

#DD4942 #89DD42 #42D6DD #9742DD

split-complementary

#DD4942 #42DD97 #4289DD

monochromatic

#8C1E19 #BF2A22 #DD4942 #E67B76 #F0ADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#DD4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#DD4942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4942

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4942	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.186 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08477',
    500: '#dd4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4942;
$custom-light: #f08477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.71,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61191,
    "c": 0.18557,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4942

secondary

#9DDADD

accent

#E4EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4942

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

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