#DC494E#DC494E

#DC494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.183 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC494E
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 57.41, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 64.57, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1691 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.183 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2763, 20.5355, 9.4178)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC494E #49DCD7

analogous

#DC4998 #DC494E #DC8D49

triadic

#DC494E #4EDC49 #494EDC

tetradic

#DC494E #98DC49 #49DCD7 #8D49DC

square

#DC494E #98DC49 #49DCD7 #8D49DC

split-complementary

#DC494E #49DC8D #4998DC

monochromatic

#8F1C1F #C2252B #DC494E #E67C80 #F0B0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#DC494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#DC494E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC494E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC494E	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)

#70694D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96894A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1234C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.183 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee847f',
    500: '#dc494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc494e;
$custom-light: #ee847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.959,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61215,
    "c": 0.18305,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC494E

secondary

#A3DEDC

accent

#EBE53D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC494E

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

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