#DD4E50#DD4E50

#DD4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.179 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4E50
RGB	rgb(221, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 55.82, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 63.19, 27.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1644 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.179 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9945, 21.4048, 9.9293)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4E50 #4EDDDB

analogous

#DD4E97 #DD4E50 #DD934E

triadic

#DD4E50 #50DD4E #4E50DD

tetradic

#DD4E50 #97DD4E #4EDDDB #934EDD

square

#DD4E50 #97DD4E #4EDDDB #934EDD

split-complementary

#DD4E50 #4EDD93 #4E97DD

monochromatic

#941C1E #C72629 #DD4E50 #E78183 #F1B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#DD4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#DD4E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4E50

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4E50	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.179 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8781',
    500: '#dd4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4e50;
$custom-light: #ef8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.161,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6197,
    "c": 0.1788,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4E50

secondary

#A7E0DF

accent

#EBE83D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4E50

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

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