#DC494F#DC494F

#DC494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.183 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC494F
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 64.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 57.47, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 64.36, 26.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.1695 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.183 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3124, 20.5499, 9.6080)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC494F #49DCD6

analogous

#DC4999 #DC494F #DC8C49

triadic

#DC494F #4FDC49 #494FDC

tetradic

#DC494F #99DC49 #49DCD6 #8C49DC

square

#DC494F #99DC49 #49DCD6 #8C49DC

split-complementary

#DC494F #49DC8C #4999DC

monochromatic

#8F1C20 #C2252C #DC494F #E67C81 #F0B0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#DC494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#DC494F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC494F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC494F	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)

#70694E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1244C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.183 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8480',
    500: '#dc494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc494f;
$custom-light: #ee8480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61232,
    "c": 0.18296,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC494F

secondary

#A3DEDC

accent

#EBE43D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC494F

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

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