#DC4857#DC4857

#DC4857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.183 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4857
RGB	rgb(220, 72, 87)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 58.36, 24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 63.20, 22.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1738 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.184 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5562, 20.5432, 11.2132)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4857 #48DCCD

analogous

#DC48A1 #DC4857 #DC8348

triadic

#DC4857 #57DC48 #4857DC

tetradic

#DC4857 #A1DC48 #48DCCD #8348DC

square

#DC4857 #A1DC48 #48DCCD #8348DC

split-complementary

#DC4857 #48DC83 #48A1DC

monochromatic

#8E1B27 #C22535 #DC4857 #E67B86 #F0AFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#DC4857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#DC4857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4857

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4857	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1254E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 72, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.183 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8486',
    500: '#dc4857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4857;
$custom-light: #ee8486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.919,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61271,
    "c": 0.1835,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4857

secondary

#A2DED8

accent

#EBD93D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180B0B

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4857

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

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