#DC552A#DC552A

#DC552A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.178 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC552A
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 80.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 50.77, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 71.63, 44.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1416 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.178 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1853, 21.8845, 4.6667)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC552A #2AB1DC

analogous

#DC2A58 #DC552A #DCAE2A

triadic

#DC552A #2ADC55 #552ADC

tetradic

#DC552A #58DC2A #2AB1DC #AE2ADC

square

#DC552A #58DC2A #2AB1DC #AE2ADC

split-complementary

#DC552A #2ADCAE #2A58DC

monochromatic

#782C14 #AC3F1C #DC552A #E57F5F #EDA993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#DC552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#DC552A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC552A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC552A	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#7C6E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.178 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08a67',
    500: '#dc552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc552a;
$custom-light: #f08a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.494,
    "s": 71.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62184,
    "c": 0.17823,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC552A

secondary

#8AC5D8

accent

#C3EF39

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#180C06

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC552A

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

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