#DC7972#DC7972

#DC7972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7972
RGB	rgb(220, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(4, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, 37.67, 21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 43.13, 29.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.1126 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.124 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3924, 30.1092, 19.6534)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7972 #72D5DC

analogous

#DC72A0 #DC7972 #DCAE72

triadic

#DC7972 #72DC79 #7972DC

tetradic

#DC7972 #A0DC72 #72D5DC #AE72DC

square

#DC7972 #A0DC72 #72D5DC #AE72DC

split-complementary

#DC7972 #72DCAE #72A0DC

monochromatic

#AA322A #D04A41 #DC7972 #E8A8A3 #F4D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#DC7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#DC7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7972

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7972	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE6B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eba19a',
    500: '#dc7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7972;
$custom-light: #eba19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.962,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6846,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7972

secondary

#C3E4E7

accent

#BDC81E

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF3F2

border

#D5CDCC

text

#170F0E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7972

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

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