#DC5235#DC5235

#DC5235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.179 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5235
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(10, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 52.46, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 68.93, 40.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1487 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.179 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1787, 21.5120, 5.7726)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5235 #35BFDC

analogous

#DC356B #DC5235 #DCA535

triadic

#DC5235 #35DC52 #5235DC

tetradic

#DC5235 #6BDC35 #35BFDC #A535DC

square

#DC5235 #6BDC35 #35BFDC #A535DC

split-complementary

#DC5235 #35DCA5 #356BDC

monochromatic

#802916 #B5391F #DC5235 #E57F69 #EEAB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#DC5235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#DC5235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5235

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5235	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F22E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.179 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef886e',
    500: '#dc5235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5235;
$custom-light: #ef886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.419,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61914,
    "c": 0.17852,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5235

secondary

#93CEDA

accent

#CEED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5235

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

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