Poppy Red `#DD3845`

Poppy Red (#DD3845) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.6 and chroma 0.201. 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.

Color values

HEX	`#DD3845`
RGB	`rgb(221, 56, 69)`
HSL	`hsl(355, 71%, 54%)`
HSV	`hsv(355, 75%, 87%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 75%, 69%, 13%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(50.3 63.4 32.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.596 0.201 22)`

How Poppy Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Poppy Red 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #de323f — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #e13643 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #dd3845 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #de3946 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Poppy Red in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.44:1 and against black 4.73:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Poppy Red

Tonal

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.

#ffc6c3 · #ff8483 · #dd3845 · #b8182e · #810018 · #4a0009

Analogous

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.

#ed8434 · #e86034 · #dd3845 · #be2a5d · #9d226a · #7a1d6e

Shifted

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.

#fca900 · #c29352 · #dd3845 · #ae2733 · #88001b · #402700

Contrast

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.

#00deea · #c3928f · #dd3845 · #944242 · #6d2728 · #411415

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ddf8fa · #b2918f · #dd3845 · #57696a · #3e1f1f · #000202

Bright Accent

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.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #dd3845

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#cffcff · #00afb9 · #dd3845 · #00737a · #003134 · #1b0001

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#cffcff · #00b490 · #dd3845 · #006e95 · #003226 · #00040a

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dcfdd7 · #59b250 · #dd3845 · #1959d5 · #00206b · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f2f7c8 · #9da200 · #dd3845 · #00737a · #310070 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EA5B5F · #F57979 · #FF9694 · #FFB7B4 · #FFD5D2

Shades

#BC2434 · #9B0D23 · #790016 · #56000C · #360004

Muted

#CC5053 · #BA6160 · #A66E6B

Using Poppy Red

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.