#DC4956#DC4956

#DC4956 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.182 H 19.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4956
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 86)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 57.90, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 63.08, 23.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1722 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.183 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5808, 20.6573, 11.0213)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4956 #49DCCF

analogous

#DC499F #DC4956 #DC8649

triadic

#DC4956 #56DC49 #4956DC

tetradic

#DC4956 #9FDC49 #49DCCF #8649DC

square

#DC4956 #9FDC49 #49DCCF #8649DC

split-complementary

#DC4956 #49DC86 #499FDC

monochromatic

#8F1C26 #C22533 #DC4956 #E67C86 #F0B0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#DC4956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#DC4956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4956

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4956	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1264F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.182 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8485',
    500: '#dc4956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4956;
$custom-light: #ee8485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.694,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61359,
    "c": 0.1825,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4956

secondary

#A3DED9

accent

#EBDB3D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180B0B

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4956

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

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