#DC3938#DC3938

#DC3938 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.200 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC3938
RGB	rgb(220, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 62.18, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 73.56, 32.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1797 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.2 26)
XYZ	xyz(31.6958, 18.4323, 5.6295)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC3938 #38DBDC

analogous

#DC3889 #DC3938 #DC8B38

triadic

#DC3938 #38DC39 #3938DC

tetradic

#DC3938 #89DC38 #38DBDC #8B38DC

square

#DC3938 #89DC38 #38DBDC #8B38DC

split-complementary

#DC3938 #38DC8B #3889DC

monochromatic

#831817 #B72120 #DC3938 #E56D6C #EEA1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#DC3938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#DC3938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC3938

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC3938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC3938	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc3938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.200 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f07c6f',
    500: '#dc3938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc3938;
$custom-light: #f07c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc3938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.366,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5931,
    "c": 0.20002,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.18427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC3938

secondary

#95DADB

accent

#ECED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC3938

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

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