#DC496D#DC496D

#DC496D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.184 H 9.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC496D
RGB	rgb(220, 73, 109)
HSL	hsl(345, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(345, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 50.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 59.60, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 60.79, 11.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1809 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.184 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6610, 21.0894, 16.7105)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC496D #49DCB8

analogous

#DC49B7 #DC496D #DC6E49

triadic

#DC496D #6DDC49 #496DDC

tetradic

#DC496D #B7DC49 #49DCB8 #6E49DC

square

#DC496D #B7DC49 #49DCB8 #6E49DC

split-complementary

#DC496D #49DC6E #49B7DC

monochromatic

#8F1C38 #C2254C #DC496D #E67C96 #F0B0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#DC496D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#DC496D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC496D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC496D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC496D	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF2F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc496d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 73, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.184 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed8496',
    500: '#dc496d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc496d;
$custom-light: #ed8496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc496d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.306,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.18352,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC496D

secondary

#A3DED0

accent

#EBC03D

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#170C0D

muted

#857D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC496D

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

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