#DD4C49#DD4C49

#DD4C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.182 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4C49
RGB	rgb(221, 76, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 56.25, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 65.29, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1643 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.182 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6093, 21.0268, 8.5909)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4C49 #49DADD

analogous

#DD4990 #DD4C49 #DD9649

triadic

#DD4C49 #49DD4C #4C49DD

tetradic

#DD4C49 #90DD49 #49DADD #9649DD

square

#DD4C49 #90DD49 #49DADD #9649DD

split-complementary

#DD4C49 #49DD96 #4990DD

monochromatic

#911D1B #C42825 #DD4C49 #E77F7D #F0B1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#DD4C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#DD4C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4C49

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4C49	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2274D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 76, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.182 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef857c',
    500: '#dd4c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4c49;
$custom-light: #ef857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.216,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61628,
    "c": 0.18167,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4C49

secondary

#A3DDDF

accent

#E8EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4C49

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

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