#DD4E42#DD4E42

#DD4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.181 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4E42
RGB	rgb(221, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 55.07, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 66.55, 34.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1592 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.181 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5301, 21.2190, 7.4833)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4E42 #42D1DD

analogous

#DD4284 #DD4E42 #DD9C42

triadic

#DD4E42 #42DD4E #4E42DD

tetradic

#DD4E42 #84DD42 #42D1DD #9C42DD

square

#DD4E42 #84DD42 #42D1DD #9C42DD

split-complementary

#DD4E42 #42DD9C #4284DD

monochromatic

#8C2219 #BF2F22 #DD4E42 #E67F76 #F0AFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#DD4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#DD4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4E42

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4E42	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3294C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.181 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08677',
    500: '#dd4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4e42;
$custom-light: #f08677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.645,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61754,
    "c": 0.18079,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4E42

secondary

#9DD8DD

accent

#DFEC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4E42

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

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