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#DC473C

#dc473c ≈ Cinnabar

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dc473c is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 27.84% green and 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 67.73% magenta, 72.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 4.13°, with 69.57% saturation and 54.9% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cinnabar (#e34234), ΔE 1.9.

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Web safe#cc3333
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Relative luminance0.2005

Complementary

  1. #dc473c
  2. #3cd1dc

Split complementary

  1. #dc473c
  2. #3cdc97
  3. #3c81dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3c81
  2. #dc473c
  3. #dc973c

Triadic

  1. #dc473c
  2. #3cdc47
  3. #473cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dc473c
  2. #d1dc3c
  3. #3cd1dc
  4. #473cdc

Square

  1. #dc473c
  2. #81dc3c
  3. #3cd1dc
  4. #973cdc

Monochromatic

  1. #6c1913
  2. #ad291f
  3. #dc473c
  4. #e8847d
  5. #f3c1be

Shades

#dc473c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dc473c
  2. #c64036
  3. #b03930
  4. #9a322a
  5. #842b24
  6. #6e241e
  7. #581c18
  8. #421512
  9. #2c0e0c
  10. #160706
  11. #000000

Tints

#dc473c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dc473c
  2. #e05950
  3. #e36c63
  4. #e77e77
  5. #ea918a
  6. #eea39e
  7. #f1b5b1
  8. #f5c8c5
  9. #f8dad8
  10. #fcedec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dc473c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dc473c
  2. #d34d43
  3. #ca524a
  4. #c05850
  5. #b75e57
  6. #ae645e
  7. #a56965
  8. #9c6f6c
  9. #927572
  10. #897a79
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab6a68 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #71673a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #968837 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f21846 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a75c3b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b67339 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e93142 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dc473c {
  color: #dc473c;
}
Background
.bg-dc473c {
  background-color: #dc473c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dc473c {
  border: 2px solid #dc473c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dc473c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 71 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 70% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dc473c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dc473c, #dc973c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dc473c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 71 60 / 0.35);
}

#e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 1.90 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 1.90 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.93 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 5.84 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.86 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 6.07 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 7.31 #23b8c3 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Cinnabar
#dc473c  rgb(220, 71, 60)  hsl(4, 70%, 55%)  Cinnabar
#3cd1dc  rgb(60, 209, 220)  hsl(184, 70%, 55%)  Dark Turquoise
#3cdc47  rgb(60, 220, 71)  hsl(124, 70%, 55%)  Malachite
#473cdc  rgb(71, 60, 220)  hsl(244, 70%, 55%)  Ocean Blue