#DD4E45#DD4E45

#DD4E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.180 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4E45
RGB	rgb(221, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 55.22, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 65.77, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1603 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.18 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6209, 21.2554, 7.9614)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4E45 #45D4DD

analogous

#DD4588 #DD4E45 #DD9A45

triadic

#DD4E45 #45DD4E #4E45DD

tetradic

#DD4E45 #88DD45 #45D4DD #9A45DD

square

#DD4E45 #88DD45 #45D4DD #9A45DD

split-complementary

#DD4E45 #45DD9A #4588DD

monochromatic

#8E211A #C12D23 #DD4E45 #E67F79 #F0B0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#DD4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#DD4E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4E45

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4E45	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.180 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8679',
    500: '#dd4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4e45;
$custom-light: #ef8679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.553,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.18029,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4E45

secondary

#A0DADE

accent

#E1EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4E45

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

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