#DC5543#DC5543

#DC5543 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.173 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5543
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 51.77, 37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 64.16, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1492 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.173 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7803, 22.1225, 7.8004)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5543 #43CADC

analogous

#DC437E #DC5543 #DCA243

triadic

#DC5543 #43DC55 #5543DC

tetradic

#DC5543 #7EDC43 #43CADC #A243DC

square

#DC5543 #7EDC43 #43CADC #A243DC

split-complementary

#DC5543 #43DCA2 #437EDC

monochromatic

#8B271A #BE3623 #DC5543 #E68477 #EFB2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DC5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#DC5543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5543

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5543	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)

#7A6F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.173 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a78',
    500: '#dc5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5543;
$custom-light: #ee8a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62455,
    "c": 0.17272,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5543

secondary

#9ED5DD

accent

#D7EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5543

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

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