#DC495D#DC495D

#DC495D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.182 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC495D
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 93)
HSL	hsl(352, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 58.37, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 62.05, 19.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.1749 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.182 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8767, 20.7757, 12.5800)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC495D #49DCC8

analogous

#DC49A6 #DC495D #DC7F49

triadic

#DC495D #5DDC49 #495DDC

tetradic

#DC495D #A6DC49 #49DCC8 #7F49DC

square

#DC495D #A6DC49 #49DCC8 #7F49DC

split-complementary

#DC495D #49DC7F #49A6DC

monochromatic

#8F1C2B #C2253B #DC495D #E67C8B #F0B0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DC495D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#DC495D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC495D

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC495D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC495D	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#6E6A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F02951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc495d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.182 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee848a',
    500: '#dc495d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc495d;
$custom-light: #ee848a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc495d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.837,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61499,
    "c": 0.18237,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC495D

secondary

#A3DED6

accent

#EBD33D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC495D

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

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