#DC4E42#DC4E42

#DC4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.180 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4E42
RGB	rgb(220, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 54.73, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 66.14, 34.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1583 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.18 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2265, 21.0625, 7.4691)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4E42 #42D0DC

analogous

#DC4283 #DC4E42 #DC9B42

triadic

#DC4E42 #42DC4E #4E42DC

tetradic

#DC4E42 #83DC42 #42D0DC #9B42DC

square

#DC4E42 #83DC42 #42D0DC #9B42DC

split-complementary

#DC4E42 #42DC9B #4283DC

monochromatic

#8A221A #BE2F23 #DC4E42 #E67E76 #EFAFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#DC4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#DC4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4E42

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4E42	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)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.180 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8677',
    500: '#dc4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4e42;
$custom-light: #ef8677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.675,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.17974,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4E42

secondary

#9DD8DD

accent

#DEEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4E42

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

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