#DC4842#DC4842

#DC4842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.185 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4842
RGB	rgb(220, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 57.17, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 67.60, 32.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.166 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.185 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8195, 20.2485, 7.3334)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4842 #42D6DC

analogous

#DC4289 #DC4842 #DC9542

triadic

#DC4842 #42DC48 #4842DC

tetradic

#DC4842 #89DC42 #42D6DC #9542DC

square

#DC4842 #89DC42 #42D6DC #9542DC

split-complementary

#DC4842 #42DC95 #4289DC

monochromatic

#8A1E1A #BE2923 #DC4842 #E67A76 #EFACA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#DC4842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#DC4842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4842

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4842	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F21D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.185 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8377',
    500: '#dc4842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4842;
$custom-light: #ef8377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.338,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60919,
    "c": 0.18549,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4842

secondary

#9DDADD

accent

#E5EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4842

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

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