#DC495A#DC495A

#DC495A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.182 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC495A
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 90)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 58.16, 22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 62.46, 21.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1737 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.182 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7464, 20.7236, 11.8939)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC495A #49DCCB

analogous

#DC49A4 #DC495A #DC8149

triadic

#DC495A #5ADC49 #495ADC

tetradic

#DC495A #A4DC49 #49DCCB #8149DC

square

#DC495A #A4DC49 #49DCCB #8149DC

split-complementary

#DC495A #49DC81 #49A4DC

monochromatic

#8F1C29 #C22538 #DC495A #E67C89 #F0B0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#DC495A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#DC495A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC495A

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC495A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC495A	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F02850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc495a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.182 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8488',
    500: '#dc495a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc495a;
$custom-light: #ee8488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc495a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.061,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61438,
    "c": 0.18238,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC495A

secondary

#A3DED7

accent

#EBD73D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180B0B

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC495A

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

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