#DC4E50#DC4E50

#DC4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.178 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4E50
RGB	rgb(220, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 63.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 55.49, 29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 62.79, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.1634 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.178 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6909, 21.2483, 9.9151)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4E50 #4EDCDA

analogous

#DC4E97 #DC4E50 #DC934E

triadic

#DC4E50 #50DC4E #4E50DC

tetradic

#DC4E50 #97DC4E #4EDCDA #934EDC

square

#DC4E50 #97DC4E #4EDCDA #934EDC

split-complementary

#DC4E50 #4EDC93 #4E97DC

monochromatic

#931D1F #C62729 #DC4E50 #E68183 #F0B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#DC4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#DC4E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4E50

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4E50	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.178 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8781',
    500: '#dc4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4e50;
$custom-light: #ee8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.155,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61811,
    "c": 0.17773,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4E50

secondary

#A7DFDE

accent

#EAE73E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4E50

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

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