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#dd0000 color: Red Pegasus

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0°
100%

OKLCH

56.4%
0.231
29°
  • ≈ Crimson
  • Red
  • Medium
  • Vivid
  • Warm
  • red-600
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text5.15:1 · AALc -78
Black text4.07:1 · Below AALc 32

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About #dd0000

#dd0000 is a bright red color. In OKLCH it has 56.4% lightness, 0.231 chroma and a hue of 29°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 5.15:1 contrast and black text 4.07:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Red Pegasus (#dd0000). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is red-600.

More medium red colors

Lighter: #dd0000 mixed with white

  1. dd0000
  2. e43a2d
  3. eb5747
  4. f0705f
  5. f58676
  6. f99b8d
  7. fcafa3
  8. fec4ba
  9. ffd7d1
  10. ffebe8

Darker: #dd0000 mixed with black

  1. dd0000
  2. c00000
  3. a40000
  4. 880000
  5. 6e0000
  6. 550000
  7. 3d0000
  8. 260000
  9. 110000
  10. 020000

Calmer: #dd0000 with less saturation

  1. dd0000
  2. d4281d
  3. cb392d
  4. c24639
  5. b95043
  6. af584c
  7. a56055
  8. 9a665e
  9. 8f6c66
  10. 83716e