#DD4959#DD4959

#DD4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.183 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4959
RGB	rgb(221, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 58.41, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 62.99, 21.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.1742 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.183 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0078, 20.8632, 11.6855)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4959 #49DDCD

analogous

#DD49A3 #DD4959 #DD8349

triadic

#DD4959 #59DD49 #4959DD

tetradic

#DD4959 #A3DD49 #49DDCD #8349DD

square

#DD4959 #A3DD49 #49DDCD #8349DD

split-complementary

#DD4959 #49DD83 #49A3DD

monochromatic

#911B28 #C42536 #DD4959 #E77D88 #F0B0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#DD4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#DD4959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4959

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4959	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.183 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8487',
    500: '#dd4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4959;
$custom-light: #ef8487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61579,
    "c": 0.18342,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4959

secondary

#A3DFD8

accent

#EBD83C

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4959

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

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