#DC4943#DC4943

#DC4943 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.184 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4943
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 67)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 56.82, 35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 67.10, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1651 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.184 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9144, 20.3907, 7.5118)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4943 #43D6DC

analogous

#DC438A #DC4943 #DC9643

triadic

#DC4943 #43DC49 #4943DC

tetradic

#DC4943 #8ADC43 #43D6DC #9643DC

square

#DC4943 #8ADC43 #43D6DC #9643DC

split-complementary

#DC4943 #43DC96 #438ADC

monochromatic

#8B1E1A #BE2A23 #DC4943 #E67B77 #EFADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#DC4943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#DC4943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4943

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4943	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.184 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8477',
    500: '#dc4943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4943;
$custom-light: #ef8477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61042,
    "c": 0.18439,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4943

secondary

#9EDADD

accent

#E5EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4943

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

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