#DC404E#DC404E

#DC404E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.192 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC404E
RGB	rgb(220, 64, 78)
HSL	hsl(355, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 60.82, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 66.95, 24.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1799 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.192 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7272, 19.4373, 9.2347)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC404E #40DCCE

analogous

#DC409C #DC404E #DC8040

triadic

#DC404E #4EDC40 #404EDC

tetradic

#DC404E #9CDC40 #40DCCE #8040DC

square

#DC404E #9CDC40 #40DCCE #8040DC

split-complementary

#DC404E #40DC80 #409CDC

monochromatic

#891923 #BC2330 #DC404E #E5747E #EFA7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#DC404E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#DC404E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC404E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC404E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC404E	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93864A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F10946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc404e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 64, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.192 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef7f7f',
    500: '#dc404e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc404e;
$custom-light: #ef7f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc404e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.615,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60287,
    "c": 0.19185,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC404E

secondary

#9BDCD7

accent

#ECDC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFEE

border

#D7CAC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC404E

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

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