#DC494B#DC494B

#DC494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.183 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC494B
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 65.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 57.24, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 65.21, 28.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.168 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.183 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1712, 20.4935, 8.8642)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC494B #49DCDA

analogous

#DC4994 #DC494B #DC9149

triadic

#DC494B #4BDC49 #494BDC

tetradic

#DC494B #94DC49 #49DCDA #9149DC

square

#DC494B #94DC49 #49DCDA #9149DC

split-complementary

#DC494B #49DC91 #4994DC

monochromatic

#8F1C1D #C22528 #DC494B #E67C7E #F0B0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#DC494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#DC494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC494B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC494B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71694A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1224B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.183 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef847d',
    500: '#dc494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc494b;
$custom-light: #ef847d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.184,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61165,
    "c": 0.18336,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC494B

secondary

#A3DEDD

accent

#EBE83D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC494B

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

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