#DC252F#DC252F

#DC252F is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.215 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC252F
RGB	rgb(220, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 83%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.2%, 78.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 67.42, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 79.49, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1944 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.215 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6937, 16.7491, 4.3056)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC252F #25DCD2

analogous

#DC258B #DC252F #DC7625

triadic

#DC252F #2FDC25 #252FDC

tetradic

#DC252F #8BDC25 #25DCD2 #7625DC

square

#DC252F #8BDC25 #25DCD2 #7625DC

split-complementary

#DC252F #25DC76 #258BDC

monochromatic

#741318 #A91B23 #DC252F #E45A61 #ED8E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#DC252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#DC252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #DC252F

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##DC252F	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.215 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f17468',
    500: '#dc252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc252f;
$custom-light: #f17468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.721,
    "s": 72.332,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57738,
    "c": 0.21484,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC252F

secondary

#86D7D3

accent

#EFE539

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#190906

muted

#867B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC252F

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

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