#DD4444Cute Crab (#DD4444) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.61 and chroma 0.19. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #DD4444 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(221, 68, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 69%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 69%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 69%, 69%, 13%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(51.8 59.1 34.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.607 0.190 25) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Cute Crab is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#de3f3e — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#e14342 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#dd4444 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#de4545 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Cute Crab in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 4.21:1 and against black 4.98:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffcbc6 · #ff8c84 · #dd4444 · #b9282d · #860012 · #4f0006
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#eb8c3c · #e76937 · #dd4444 · #c0355b · #9f2b68 · #7e246c
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#fcaf00 · #c2995a · #dd4444 · #af3232 · #89121a · #422a00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffe3e0 · #00ddef · #dd4444 · #805652 · #722826 · #431917
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7fa · #b49592 · #dd4444 · #5b6c6e · #3f221f · #000304
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #dd4444
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d1d9b4 · #3fcfaf · #dd4444 · #8d5f84 · #31412e · #1a0b03
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d3fbff · #00b798 · #dd4444 · #00719e · #003429 · #00050d
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dbfddb · #59b55e · #dd4444 · #305cd3 · #031879 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f0f7cc · #9ca718 · #dd4444 · #007680 · #350070 · #000304
#E9635E · #F47F78 · #FF9A93 · #FFB9B3 · #FFD6D2
#BB3033 · #9B1C22 · #7B0311 · #580007 · #370002
#CC5853 · #BB6661 · #A8726E
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.