#DC5045#DC5045

#DC5045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.177 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5045
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 69)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 54.04, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 64.85, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1567 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.177 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4615, 21.3873, 7.9952)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5045 #45D1DC

analogous

#DC4586 #DC5045 #DC9C45

triadic

#DC5045 #45DC50 #5045DC

tetradic

#DC5045 #86DC45 #45D1DC #9C45DC

square

#DC5045 #86DC45 #45D1DC #9C45DC

split-complementary

#DC5045 #45DC9C #4586DC

monochromatic

#8C231A #C02F24 #DC5045 #E68079 #EFB1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#DC5045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#DC5045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5045

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5045	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.177 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8779',
    500: '#dc5045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5045;
$custom-light: #ef8779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.371,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61872,
    "c": 0.17727,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5045

secondary

#A0D9DD

accent

#DEEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5045

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

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