#DC4E38#DC4E38

#DC4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.182 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4E38
RGB	rgb(220, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 54.29, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 68.93, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.155 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.182 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9570, 20.9547, 6.0499)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4E38 #38C6DC

analogous

#DC3874 #DC4E38 #DCA038

triadic

#DC4E38 #38DC4E #4E38DC

tetradic

#DC4E38 #74DC38 #38C6DC #A038DC

square

#DC4E38 #74DC38 #38C6DC #A038DC

split-complementary

#DC4E38 #38DCA0 #3874DC

monochromatic

#832517 #B73420 #DC4E38 #E57C6C #EEABA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#DC4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#DC4E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4E38

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4E38	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2274A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.182 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8670',
    500: '#dc4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4e38;
$custom-light: #ef8670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.049,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61468,
    "c": 0.18159,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4E38

secondary

#95D1DB

accent

#D5ED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4E38

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

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