#DD4C42#DD4C42

#DD4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.183 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4C42
RGB	rgb(221, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 55.89, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 67.04, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.1618 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.183 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3902, 20.9392, 7.4367)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4C42 #42D3DD

analogous

#DD4286 #DD4C42 #DD9A42

triadic

#DD4C42 #42DD4C #4C42DD

tetradic

#DD4C42 #86DD42 #42D3DD #9A42DD

square

#DD4C42 #86DD42 #42D3DD #9A42DD

split-complementary

#DD4C42 #42DD9A #4286DD

monochromatic

#8C2019 #BF2D22 #DD4C42 #E67D76 #F0AEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#DD4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#DD4C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4C42

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4C42	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.183 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08577',
    500: '#dd4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4c42;
$custom-light: #f08577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61525,
    "c": 0.18271,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4C42

secondary

#9DD9DD

accent

#E1EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4C42

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

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