#DC543D#DC543D

#DC543D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.175 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC543D
RGB	rgb(220, 84, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 72.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 51.93, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 66.10, 38.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1485 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.175 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5314, 21.8979, 6.8750)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC543D #3DC5DC

analogous

#DC3D76 #DC543D #DCA33D

triadic

#DC543D #3DDC54 #543DDC

tetradic

#DC543D #76DC3D #3DC5DC #A33DDC

square

#DC543D #76DC3D #3DC5DC #A33DDC

split-complementary

#DC543D #3DDCA3 #3D76DC

monochromatic

#862818 #BA3822 #DC543D #E58271 #EFAFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DC543D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DC543D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC543D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC543D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC543D	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1334F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc543d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 84, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.175 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a73',
    500: '#dc543d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc543d;
$custom-light: #ef8a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc543d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.679,
    "s": 69.432,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62252,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC543D

secondary

#99D2DC

accent

#D3EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC543D

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

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