#DD4F42#DD4F42

#DD4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.180 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD4F42
RGB	rgb(221, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 54.65, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 66.31, 34.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1579 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.18 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6017, 21.3622, 7.5072)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD4F42 #42D0DD

analogous

#DD4283 #DD4F42 #DD9D42

triadic

#DD4F42 #42DD4F #4F42DD

tetradic

#DD4F42 #83DD42 #42D0DD #9D42DD

square

#DD4F42 #83DD42 #42D0DD #9D42DD

split-complementary

#DD4F42 #42DD9D #4283DD

monochromatic

#8C2319 #BF3022 #DD4F42 #E67F76 #F0B0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#DD4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#DD4F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD4F42

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD4F42	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.180 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08777',
    500: '#dd4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd4f42;
$custom-light: #f08777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61871,
    "c": 0.17983,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD4F42

secondary

#9DD8DD

accent

#DDEC3B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD4F42

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

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