#DC5243#DC5243

#DC5243 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.176 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5243
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 53.08, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 64.89, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.1533 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.176 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5491, 21.6602, 7.7233)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5243 #43CDDC

analogous

#DC4381 #DC5243 #DC9F43

triadic

#DC5243 #43DC52 #5243DC

tetradic

#DC5243 #81DC43 #43CDDC #9F43DC

square

#DC5243 #81DC43 #43CDDC #9F43DC

split-complementary

#DC5243 #43DC9F #4381DC

monochromatic

#8B251A #BE3323 #DC5243 #E68177 #EFB1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DC5243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#DC5243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5243

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5243	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1314F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.176 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8978',
    500: '#dc5243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5243;
$custom-light: #ef8978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.882,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62084,
    "c": 0.17567,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5243

secondary

#9ED7DD

accent

#DAEB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5243

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

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