#DC495F#DC495F

#DC495F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.182 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC495F
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 95)
HSL	hsl(351, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 56.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 58.51, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 61.81, 18.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1756 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.182 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9665, 20.8116, 13.0527)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC495F #49DCC6

analogous

#DC49A9 #DC495F #DC7C49

triadic

#DC495F #5FDC49 #495FDC

tetradic

#DC495F #A9DC49 #49DCC6 #7C49DC

square

#DC495F #A9DC49 #49DCC6 #7C49DC

split-complementary

#DC495F #49DC7C #49A9DC

monochromatic

#8F1C2D #C2253D #DC495F #E67C8C #F0B0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DC495F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DC495F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC495F

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC495F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC495F	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)

#6E6B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94895B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F02A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc495f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.182 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed848c',
    500: '#dc495f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc495f;
$custom-light: #ed848c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc495f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.02,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61542,
    "c": 0.1824,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC495F

secondary

#A3DED5

accent

#EBD13D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC495F

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

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