#DC4242#DC4242

#DC4242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.191 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4242
RGB	rgb(220, 66, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 59.46, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 69.04, 30.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1732 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.191 25)
XYZ	xyz(32.4503, 19.5102, 7.2104)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4242 #42DCDC

analogous

#DC428F #DC4242 #DC8F42

triadic

#DC4242 #42DC42 #4242DC

tetradic

#DC4242 #8FDC42 #42DCDC #8F42DC

square

#DC4242 #8FDC42 #42DCDC #8F42DC

split-complementary

#DC4242 #42DC8F #428FDC

monochromatic

#8A1A1A #BE2323 #DC4242 #E67676 #EFA9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#DC4242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#DC4242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4242

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4242	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F20944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 66, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.191 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8076',
    500: '#dc4242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4242;
$custom-light: #ef8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60292,
    "c": 0.19106,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.19505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4242

secondary

#9DDDDD

accent

#ECEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4242

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

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