#DC496C#DC496C

#DC496C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.183 H 10.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC496C
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 108)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(346, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 50.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 59.52, 12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 60.83, 11.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1806 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.183 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6075, 21.0680, 16.4286)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC496C #49DCB9

analogous

#DC49B6 #DC496C #DC6F49

triadic

#DC496C #6CDC49 #496CDC

tetradic

#DC496C #B6DC49 #49DCB9 #6F49DC

square

#DC496C #B6DC49 #49DCB9 #6F49DC

split-complementary

#DC496C #49DC6F #49B6DC

monochromatic

#8F1C37 #C2254B #DC496C #E67C95 #F0B0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#DC496C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#DC496C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC496C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC496C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC496C	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF2F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc496c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.183 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8495',
    500: '#dc496c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc496c;
$custom-light: #ed8495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc496c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.18339,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC496C

secondary

#A3DED0

accent

#EBC13D

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC496C

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

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