#DC7979#DC7979

#DC7979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC7979
RGB	rgb(220, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 38.35, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 42.05, 24.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.1154 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.123 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8061, 30.2747, 21.8327)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC7979 #79DCDC

analogous

#DC79AB #DC7979 #DCAB79

triadic

#DC7979 #79DC79 #7979DC

tetradic

#DC7979 #ABDC79 #79DCDC #AB79DC

square

#DC7979 #ABDC79 #79DCDC #AB79DC

split-complementary

#DC7979 #79DCAB #79ABDC

monochromatic

#AD2D2D #CF4848 #DC7979 #E9AAAA #F5DADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#DC7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#DC7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DC7979

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC7979	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED6C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaa19f',
    500: '#dc7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc7979;
$custom-light: #eaa19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68615,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC7979

secondary

#C9E8E8

accent

#C6C61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF3F2

border

#D5CDCC

text

#170F0E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC7979

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

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