#DC495C#DC495C

#DC495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.182 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC495C
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(352, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 58.30, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 62.18, 20.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1745 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.182 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8327, 20.7581, 12.3483)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC495C #49DCC9

analogous

#DC49A5 #DC495C #DC8049

triadic

#DC495C #5CDC49 #495CDC

tetradic

#DC495C #A5DC49 #49DCC9 #8049DC

square

#DC495C #A5DC49 #49DCC9 #8049DC

split-complementary

#DC495C #49DC80 #49A5DC

monochromatic

#8F1C2A #C2253A #DC495C #E67C8A #F0B0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#DC495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#DC495C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC495C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC495C	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F02951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.182 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee848a',
    500: '#dc495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc495c;
$custom-light: #ee848a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.245,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61478,
    "c": 0.18236,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC495C

secondary

#A3DED6

accent

#EBD43D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC495C

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

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