#DC4E40#DC4E40

#DC4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.180 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4E40
RGB	rgb(220, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 54.64, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 66.67, 34.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1576 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.18 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1685, 21.0393, 7.1639)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4E40 #40CEDC

analogous

#DC4080 #DC4E40 #DC9C40

triadic

#DC4E40 #40DC4E #4E40DC

tetradic

#DC4E40 #80DC40 #40CEDC #9C40DC

square

#DC4E40 #80DC40 #40CEDC #9C40DC

split-complementary

#DC4E40 #40DC9C #4080DC

monochromatic

#892319 #BC3023 #DC4E40 #E57E74 #EFAEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#DC4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#DC4E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4E40

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4E40	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)

#756B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1294C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.180 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8675',
    500: '#dc4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4e40;
$custom-light: #ef8675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.385,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61567,
    "c": 0.18009,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4E40

secondary

#9BD7DC

accent

#DCEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4E40

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

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