#DD4D42#DD4D42

#DD4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.182 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4D42
RGB	rgb(221, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 55.48, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 66.79, 33.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1605 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.182 28)
XYZ	xyz(33.4596, 21.0780, 7.4598)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4D42 #42D2DD

analogous

#DD4285 #DD4D42 #DD9B42

triadic

#DD4D42 #42DD4D #4D42DD

tetradic

#DD4D42 #85DD42 #42D2DD #9B42DD

square

#DD4D42 #85DD42 #42D2DD #9B42DD

split-complementary

#DD4D42 #42DD9B #4285DD

monochromatic

#8C2119 #BF2E22 #DD4D42 #E67E76 #F0AFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#DD4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#DD4D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4D42

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4D42	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3274B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.182 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08677',
    500: '#dd4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4d42;
$custom-light: #f08677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61639,
    "c": 0.18175,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.21073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4D42

secondary

#9DD9DD

accent

#E0EC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4D42

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

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