#DC494A#DC494A

#DC494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.183 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC494A
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(360, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(360, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 66.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 57.19, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 65.43, 29.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1676 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.183 24)
XYZ	xyz(33.1372, 20.4799, 8.6854)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC494A #49DCDB

analogous

#DC4993 #DC494A #DC9249

triadic

#DC494A #4ADC49 #494ADC

tetradic

#DC494A #93DC49 #49DCDB #9249DC

square

#DC494A #93DC49 #49DCDB #9249DC

split-complementary

#DC494A #49DC92 #4993DC

monochromatic

#8F1C1C #C22526 #DC494A #E67C7D #F0B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#DC494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#DC494A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC494A

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC494A	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1224B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.183 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef847c',
    500: '#dc494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc494a;
$custom-light: #ef847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.592,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61148,
    "c": 0.18347,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.20475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC494A

secondary

#A3DEDE

accent

#EBE93D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC494A

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

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