#DC5535#DC5535

#DC5535 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.176 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5535
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 75.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 51.15, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 68.27, 41.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.1446 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.176 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4099, 21.9744, 5.8497)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5535 #35BCDC

analogous

#DC3568 #DC5535 #DCA835

triadic

#DC5535 #35DC55 #5535DC

tetradic

#DC5535 #68DC35 #35BCDC #A835DC

square

#DC5535 #68DC35 #35BCDC #A835DC

split-complementary

#DC5535 #35DCA8 #3568DC

monochromatic

#802B16 #B53C1F #DC5535 #E58169 #EEAD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#DC5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#DC5535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5535

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5535	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#7B6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.176 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a6e',
    500: '#dc5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5535;
$custom-light: #ef8a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.497,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.17579,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5535

secondary

#93CCDA

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5535

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

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