#DC523F#DC523F

#DC523F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.176 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC523F
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 71.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 52.89, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 66.00, 36.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.1519 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.176 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4332, 21.6138, 7.1130)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC523F #3FC9DC

analogous

#DC3F7A #DC523F #DCA03F

triadic

#DC523F #3FDC52 #523FDC

tetradic

#DC523F #7ADC3F #3FC9DC #A03FDC

square

#DC523F #7ADC3F #3FC9DC #A03FDC

split-complementary

#DC523F #3FDCA0 #3F7ADC

monochromatic

#882619 #BC3522 #DC523F #E58173 #EFAFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#DC523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#DC523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC523F

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC523F	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1304E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.176 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8875',
    500: '#dc523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc523f;
$custom-light: #ef8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.261,
    "s": 69.163,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62031,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC523F

secondary

#9BD4DC

accent

#D7EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC523F

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

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