#DC5442#DC5442

#DC5442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.174 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5442
RGB	rgb(220, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 52.16, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 64.68, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1503 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.174 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6724, 21.9543, 7.6177)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5442 #42CADC

analogous

#DC427D #DC5442 #DCA142

triadic

#DC5442 #42DC54 #5442DC

tetradic

#DC5442 #7DDC42 #42CADC #A142DC

square

#DC5442 #7DDC42 #42CADC #A142DC

split-complementary

#DC5442 #42DCA1 #427DDC

monochromatic

#8A271A #BE3523 #DC5442 #E68376 #EFB1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#DC5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DC5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5442

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5442	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.174 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a77',
    500: '#dc5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5442;
$custom-light: #ef8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.013,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62317,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5442

secondary

#9DD5DD

accent

#D7EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5442

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

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