#DC5542#DC5542

#DC5542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.173 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5542
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 51.72, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 64.44, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1489 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.173 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7505, 22.1106, 7.6438)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5542 #42C9DC

analogous

#DC427C #DC5542 #DCA242

triadic

#DC5542 #42DC55 #5542DC

tetradic

#DC5542 #7CDC42 #42C9DC #A242DC

square

#DC5542 #7CDC42 #42C9DC #A242DC

split-complementary

#DC5542 #42DCA2 #427CDC

monochromatic

#8A271A #BE3623 #DC5542 #E68376 #EFB2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DC5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DC5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5542

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5542	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.173 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8a77',
    500: '#dc5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5542;
$custom-light: #ef8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.403,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5542

secondary

#9DD5DD

accent

#D6EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5542

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

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