#DD4A38#DD4A38

#DD4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.186 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4A38
RGB	rgb(221, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 56.26, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 70.24, 36.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.161 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.186 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9850, 20.5601, 5.9722)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4A38 #38CBDD

analogous

#DD3879 #DD4A38 #DD9C38

triadic

#DD4A38 #38DD4A #4A38DD

tetradic

#DD4A38 #79DD38 #38CBDD #9C38DD

square

#DD4A38 #79DD38 #38CBDD #9C38DD

split-complementary

#DD4A38 #38DD9C #3879DD

monochromatic

#842317 #B8301F #DD4A38 #E67A6C #EFA9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#DD4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#DD4A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4A38

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4A38	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.186 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08470',
    500: '#dd4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4a38;
$custom-light: #f08470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61173,
    "c": 0.18629,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4A38

secondary

#95D4DB

accent

#DAEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4A38

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

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