#DC5541#DC5541

#DC5541 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5541
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 70.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 51.67, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 64.72, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.1485 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.173 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7213, 22.0989, 7.4898)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5541 #41C8DC

analogous

#DC417A #DC5541 #DCA241

triadic

#DC5541 #41DC55 #5541DC

tetradic

#DC5541 #7ADC41 #41C8DC #A241DC

square

#DC5541 #7ADC41 #41C8DC #A241DC

split-complementary

#DC5541 #41DCA2 #417ADC

monochromatic

#892819 #BD3723 #DC5541 #E68375 #EFB1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#DC5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DC5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5541

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5541	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a76',
    500: '#dc5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5541;
$custom-light: #ef8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62428,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5541

secondary

#9CD4DD

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5541

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

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