#DC4E51#DC4E51

#DC4E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.178 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4E51
RGB	rgb(220, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 55.55, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 62.58, 27.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.1638 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.178 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7281, 21.2632, 10.1111)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4E51 #4EDCD9

analogous

#DC4E98 #DC4E51 #DC924E

triadic

#DC4E51 #51DC4E #4E51DC

tetradic

#DC4E51 #98DC4E #4EDCD9 #924EDC

square

#DC4E51 #98DC4E #4EDCD9 #924EDC

split-complementary

#DC4E51 #4EDC92 #4E98DC

monochromatic

#931D1F #C6272A #DC4E51 #E68183 #F0B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#DC4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#DC4E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4E51

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4E51	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)

#736C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.178 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8782',
    500: '#dc4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4e51;
$custom-light: #ee8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.732,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61828,
    "c": 0.17763,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4E51

secondary

#A7DFDE

accent

#EAE63E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4E51

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

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