#DC4A49#DC4A49

#DC4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.183 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4A49
RGB	rgb(220, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, 56.73, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 65.40, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.166 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.183 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1700, 20.5990, 8.5314)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4A49 #49DBDC

analogous

#DC4992 #DC4A49 #DC9349

triadic

#DC4A49 #49DC4A #4A49DC

tetradic

#DC4A49 #92DC49 #49DBDC #9349DC

square

#DC4A49 #92DC49 #49DBDC #9349DC

split-complementary

#DC4A49 #49DC93 #4992DC

monochromatic

#8F1C1C #C22625 #DC4A49 #E67D7C #F0B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#DC4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#DC4A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4A49

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4A49	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.183 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef847c',
    500: '#dc4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4a49;
$custom-light: #ef847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.408,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61243,
    "c": 0.18261,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4A49

secondary

#A3DEDE

accent

#E9EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4A49

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

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