#DC553E#DC553E

#DC553E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.174 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC553E
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 71.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 51.53, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 65.58, 38.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.1475 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.174 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6367, 22.0651, 7.0443)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC553E #3EC5DC

analogous

#DC3E76 #DC553E #DCA43E

triadic

#DC553E #3EDC55 #553EDC

tetradic

#DC553E #76DC3E #3EC5DC #A43EDC

square

#DC553E #76DC3E #3EC5DC #A43EDC

split-complementary

#DC553E #3EDCA4 #3E76DC

monochromatic

#872919 #BB3822 #DC553E #E58372 #EFB0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DC553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#DC553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC553E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC553E	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)

#7A6F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.174 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a74',
    500: '#dc553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc553e;
$custom-light: #ef8a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.734,
    "s": 69.298,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.17377,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC553E

secondary

#9AD2DC

accent

#D2EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC553E

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

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