#DC4342#DC4342

#DC4342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.190 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4342
RGB	rgb(220, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 59.09, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 68.80, 30.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.172 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.19 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5093, 19.6281, 7.2300)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4342 #42DBDC

analogous

#DC428E #DC4342 #DC9042

triadic

#DC4342 #42DC43 #4342DC

tetradic

#DC4342 #8EDC42 #42DBDC #9042DC

square

#DC4342 #8EDC42 #42DBDC #9042DC

split-complementary

#DC4342 #42DC90 #428EDC

monochromatic

#8A1A1A #BE2423 #DC4342 #E67676 #EFAAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#DC4342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#DC4342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4342

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4342	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F20D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.190 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8176',
    500: '#dc4342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4342;
$custom-light: #ef8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.39,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60393,
    "c": 0.19015,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4342

secondary

#9DDCDD

accent

#EAEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4342

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

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