#DC4C48#DC4C48

#DC4C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.181 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4C48
RGB	rgb(220, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 55.87, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 65.12, 30.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.1631 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.181 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2728, 20.8571, 8.4034)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4C48 #48D8DC

analogous

#DC488E #DC4C48 #DC9648

triadic

#DC4C48 #48DC4C #4C48DC

tetradic

#DC4C48 #8EDC48 #48D8DC #9648DC

square

#DC4C48 #8EDC48 #48D8DC #9648DC

split-complementary

#DC4C48 #48DC96 #488EDC

monochromatic

#8E1E1B #C22925 #DC4C48 #E67E7B #F0B1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#DC4C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#DC4C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4C48

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4C48	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1274C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.181 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef857b',
    500: '#dc4c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4c48;
$custom-light: #ef857b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61452,
    "c": 0.18076,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4C48

secondary

#A2DCDE

accent

#E6EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4C48

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

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