#DC4E49#DC4E49

#DC4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.179 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4E49
RGB	rgb(220, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 55.09, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 64.36, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1608 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.179 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4456, 21.1501, 8.6233)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4E49 #49D7DC

analogous

#DC498D #DC4E49 #DC9849

triadic

#DC4E49 #49DC4E #4E49DC

tetradic

#DC4E49 #8DDC49 #49D7DC #9849DC

square

#DC4E49 #8DDC49 #49D7DC #9849DC

split-complementary

#DC4E49 #49DC98 #498DDC

monochromatic

#8F1F1C #C22B25 #DC4E49 #E6807C #F0B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#DC4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#DC4E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4E49

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4E49	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.179 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee867c',
    500: '#dc4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4e49;
$custom-light: #ee867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.041,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61697,
    "c": 0.17863,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4E49

secondary

#A3DCDE

accent

#E5EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4E49

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

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