#DC553D#DC553D

#DC553D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.174 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC553D
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 72.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 51.48, 41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 65.87, 38.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1472 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.174 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6095, 22.0542, 6.9011)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC553D #3DC4DC

analogous

#DC3D74 #DC553D #DCA53D

triadic

#DC553D #3DDC55 #553DDC

tetradic

#DC553D #74DC3D #3DC4DC #A53DDC

square

#DC553D #74DC3D #3DC4DC #A53DDC

split-complementary

#DC553D #3DDCA5 #3D74DC

monochromatic

#862918 #BA3922 #DC553D #E58271 #EFB0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DC553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#DC553D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC553D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC553D	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.174 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a74',
    500: '#dc553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc553d;
$custom-light: #ef8a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.057,
    "s": 69.432,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62377,
    "c": 0.174,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC553D

secondary

#99D2DC

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC553D

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

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