#DC5049#DC5049

#DC5049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.177 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5049
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 54.25, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 63.84, 31.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1582 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.177 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5899, 21.4387, 8.6714)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5049 #49D5DC

analogous

#DC498C #DC5049 #DC9949

triadic

#DC5049 #49DC50 #5049DC

tetradic

#DC5049 #8CDC49 #49D5DC #9949DC

square

#DC5049 #8CDC49 #49D5DC #9949DC

split-complementary

#DC5049 #49DC99 #498CDC

monochromatic

#8F211C #C22D25 #DC5049 #E6817C #F0B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#DC5049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#DC5049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5049

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5049	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.177 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee887c',
    500: '#dc5049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5049;
$custom-light: #ee887c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61932,
    "c": 0.17662,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5049

secondary

#A3DBDE

accent

#E2EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5049

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

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