#DC4E45#DC4E45

#DC4E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.179 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4E45
RGB	rgb(220, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 54.88, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 65.35, 32.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1594 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.179 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3172, 21.0988, 7.9472)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4E45 #45D3DC

analogous

#DC4588 #DC4E45 #DC9A45

triadic

#DC4E45 #45DC4E #4E45DC

tetradic

#DC4E45 #88DC45 #45D3DC #9A45DC

square

#DC4E45 #88DC45 #45D3DC #9A45DC

split-complementary

#DC4E45 #45DC9A #4588DC

monochromatic

#8C211A #C02D24 #DC4E45 #E67F79 #EFB0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#DC4E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#DC4E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4E45

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4E45	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.179 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8679',
    500: '#dc4e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4e45;
$custom-light: #ef8679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.576,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61637,
    "c": 0.17924,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4E45

secondary

#A0DADD

accent

#E1EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4E45

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

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