#DC4F40#DC4F40

#DC4F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.179 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4F40
RGB	rgb(220, 79, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 54.22, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 66.43, 35.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1563 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.179 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2401, 21.1825, 7.1878)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4F40 #40CDDC

analogous

#DC407F #DC4F40 #DC9D40

triadic

#DC4F40 #40DC4F #4F40DC

tetradic

#DC4F40 #7FDC40 #40CDDC #9D40DC

square

#DC4F40 #7FDC40 #40CDDC #9D40DC

split-complementary

#DC4F40 #40DC9D #407FDC

monochromatic

#892419 #BC3123 #DC4F40 #E57F74 #EFAEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#DC4F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#DC4F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4F40

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4F40	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 79, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.179 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8775',
    500: '#dc4f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4f40;
$custom-light: #ef8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61684,
    "c": 0.17914,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4F40

secondary

#9BD6DC

accent

#DBEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4F40

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

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