#DD4A42#DD4A42

#DD4A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.185 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4A42
RGB	rgb(221, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 56.70, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 67.52, 32.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.1644 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.185 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2545, 20.6679, 7.3914)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4A42 #42D5DD

analogous

#DD4288 #DD4A42 #DD9842

triadic

#DD4A42 #42DD4A #4A42DD

tetradic

#DD4A42 #88DD42 #42D5DD #9842DD

square

#DD4A42 #88DD42 #42D5DD #9842DD

split-complementary

#DD4A42 #42DD98 #4288DD

monochromatic

#8C1F19 #BF2B22 #DD4A42 #E67C76 #F0ADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#DD4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#DD4A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4A42

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4A42	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F32149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.185 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08477',
    500: '#dd4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4a42;
$custom-light: #f08477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.097,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61301,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4A42

secondary

#9DDADD

accent

#E3EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4A42

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

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