#DC473B#DC473B

#DC473B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.188 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC473B
RGB	rgb(220, 71, 59)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 73.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 57.25, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 69.68, 34.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.1648 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.188 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5615, 20.0427, 6.2909)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC473B #3BD0DC

analogous

#DC3B80 #DC473B #DC983B

triadic

#DC473B #3BDC47 #473BDC

tetradic

#DC473B #80DC3B #3BD0DC #983BDC

square

#DC473B #80DC3B #3BD0DC #983BDC

split-complementary

#DC473B #3BDC98 #3B80DC

monochromatic

#852018 #B92C21 #DC473B #E5786F #EFA8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#DC473B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#DC473B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC473B

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC473B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC473B	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F21845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc473b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 71, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.188 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8272',
    500: '#dc473b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc473b;
$custom-light: #ef8272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc473b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.472,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60717,
    "c": 0.1875,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC473B

secondary

#97D6DB

accent

#DFED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC473B

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

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