#DC4F42#DC4F42

#DC4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.179 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC4F42
RGB	rgb(220, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 54.31, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 65.89, 34.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.157 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.179 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2981, 21.2057, 7.4929)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC4F42 #42CFDC

analogous

#DC4282 #DC4F42 #DC9C42

triadic

#DC4F42 #42DC4F #4F42DC

tetradic

#DC4F42 #82DC42 #42CFDC #9C42DC

square

#DC4F42 #82DC42 #42CFDC #9C42DC

split-complementary

#DC4F42 #42DC9C #4282DC

monochromatic

#8A231A #BE3023 #DC4F42 #E67F76 #EFAFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#DC4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#DC4F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC4F42

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC4F42	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)

#766C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.179 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8777',
    500: '#dc4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc4f42;
$custom-light: #ef8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.065,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61711,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC4F42

secondary

#9DD7DD

accent

#DDEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC4F42

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

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