HEX atlas value

#DC343B

#DC343B is a warm red HEX color nearest Poppy Red. RGB 220, 52, 59, HSL 358° 71% 53%, luminance 0.1799; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#DC343B Sample readable text

HEX #DC343B

RGB rgb(220, 52, 59)

HSL hsl(358 71% 53%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 76, 73, 14)

Luminance 0.1799

Contrast Black 4.6:1White 4.57:1

CSS

--color-dc343b: #DC343B;
.background-dc343b { background-color: #DC343B; }
.text-dc343b { color: #DC343B; }

HEX meaning and use

About #DC343B

#DC343B is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #DC343B is visually closest to Poppy Red, a named red color with HEX #DC343B.

The RGB channels are 220, 52, and 59, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 358deg with 71% saturation and 53% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.1799, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.6:1AA Pass

White text4.57:1AA Pass

AA text options: #000000, #FFFFFF.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #DC343B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.6:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF4.57:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#32DCD7#32DCD7 · #000000 text · best 12.35:1 #991A1E#991A1E · #FFFFFF text · best 8.33:1 #EA8184#EA8184 · #000000 text · best 7.97:1 #DC8132#DC8132 · #000000 text · best 7.23:1 Cinnabar#E44D2E · #000000 text · best 5.4:1

Generated Palette

Poppy Red#DC343B

#32DCD7#32DCD7

#DC328D#DC328D

#DC8132#DC8132

#EA8184#EA8184

#991A1E#991A1E

Color Harmonies

#32DCD7#32DCD7

#DC328D#DC328D

#DC8132#DC8132

#38DC32#38DC32

#3238DC#3238DC

Variants

#EA8184#EA8184

#991A1E#991A1E

#F7181F#F7181F

#C24C50#C24C50

#E6A7AA#E6A7AA

#FF383F#FF383F

Nearest Named Colors

Poppy Red#DC343B

Vermilion#E34234

Persian Red#CC3333

Spinel#D83A56

Cinnabar#E44D2E

Luminance0.1799

Black text4.6:1AA Pass

White text4.57:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#DC343B","rgb":[220,52,59],"hsl":[358,71,53],"cmyk":[0,76,73,14],"luminance":0.1799,"contrast":{"black":4.6,"white":4.57}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#FFFFFF"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.6,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.57,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#32DCD7","hex":"#32DCD7","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.35,"contrastWhite":1.7,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#991A1E","hex":"#991A1E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.52,"contrastWhite":8.33,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#EA8184","hex":"#EA8184","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.97,"contrastWhite":2.63,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#DC8132","hex":"#DC8132","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.23,"contrastWhite":2.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Cinnabar","hex":"#E44D2E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.4,"contrastWhite":3.89,"wcagAA":["#000000"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Poppy Red adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#FFFFFF"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/dc343b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/poppy-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vermilion.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/persian-red.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#32DCD7","analogous":["#DC328D","#DC8132"],"triadic":["#38DC32","#3238DC"],"tetradic":["#8DDC32","#32DCD7","#8132DC"],"splitComplementary":["#32DC81","#328DDC"],"monochromatic":["#EA8184","#DC343B","#991A1E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EA8184","dark":"#991A1E","saturated":"#F7181F","desaturated":"#C24C50","pastel":"#E6A7AA","neon":"#FF383F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"poppy-red","name":"Poppy Red","hex":"#DC343B","distance":0},{"slug":"vermilion","name":"Vermilion","hex":"#E34234","distance":17.146428199482248},{"slug":"persian-red","name":"Persian Red","hex":"#CC3333","distance":17.916472867168917},{"slug":"spinel","name":"Spinel","hex":"#D83A56","distance":27.94637722496424},{"slug":"cinnabar","name":"Cinnabar","hex":"#E44D2E","distance":29.29163703175362}]

#DC343B

CSS

About #DC343B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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