#DC5043#DC5043

#DC5043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.178 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5043
RGB	rgb(220, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 53.94, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 65.38, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.156 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.178 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4005, 21.3629, 7.6738)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5043 #43CFDC

analogous

#DC4383 #DC5043 #DC9D43

triadic

#DC5043 #43DC50 #5043DC

tetradic

#DC5043 #83DC43 #43CFDC #9D43DC

square

#DC5043 #83DC43 #43CFDC #9D43DC

split-complementary

#DC5043 #43DC9D #4383DC

monochromatic

#8B231A #BE3123 #DC5043 #E68077 #EFB0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#DC5043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#DC5043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5043

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5043	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F12E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.178 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8778',
    500: '#dc5043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5043;
$custom-light: #ef8778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.098,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61844,
    "c": 0.17762,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5043

secondary

#9ED8DD

accent

#DDEB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5043

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

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