#DC5245#DC5245

#DC5245 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.175 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5245
RGB	rgb(220, 82, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 53.18, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 64.35, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.154 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.175 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6101, 21.6846, 8.0448)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5245 #45CFDC

analogous

#DC4583 #DC5245 #DC9E45

triadic

#DC5245 #45DC52 #5245DC

tetradic

#DC5245 #83DC45 #45CFDC #9E45DC

square

#DC5245 #83DC45 #45CFDC #9E45DC

split-complementary

#DC5245 #45DC9E #4583DC

monochromatic

#8C241A #C03124 #DC5245 #E68279 #EFB2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#DC5245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#DC5245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5245

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5245	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 82, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.175 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8979',
    500: '#dc5245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5245;
$custom-light: #ee8979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.166,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62112,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5245

secondary

#A0D8DD

accent

#DCEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5245

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

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