#DC495E#DC495E

#DC495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.182 H 16.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC495E
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(351, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 58.44, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 61.93, 19.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.1752 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.182 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9213, 20.7935, 12.8148)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC495E #49DCC7

analogous

#DC49A7 #DC495E #DC7E49

triadic

#DC495E #5EDC49 #495EDC

tetradic

#DC495E #A7DC49 #49DCC7 #7E49DC

square

#DC495E #A7DC49 #49DCC7 #7E49DC

split-complementary

#DC495E #49DC7E #49A7DC

monochromatic

#8F1C2C #C2253C #DC495E #E67C8B #F0B0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DC495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DC495E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC495E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC495E	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94895A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F02952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.182 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee848b',
    500: '#dc495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc495e;
$custom-light: #ee848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6152,
    "c": 0.18237,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC495E

secondary

#A3DED6

accent

#EBD23D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC495E

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

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