#DC5544#DC5544

#DC5544 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.173 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5544
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 51.82, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 63.88, 35.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1496 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.173 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8105, 22.1346, 7.9597)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5544 #44CBDC

analogous

#DC447F #DC5544 #DCA144

triadic

#DC5544 #44DC55 #5544DC

tetradic

#DC5544 #7FDC44 #44CBDC #A144DC

square

#DC5544 #7FDC44 #44CBDC #A144DC

split-complementary

#DC5544 #44DCA1 #447FDC

monochromatic

#8B271A #BF3524 #DC5544 #E68478 #EFB3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DC5544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DC5544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5544

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5544	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.173 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a78',
    500: '#dc5544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5544;
$custom-light: #ee8a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.711,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.17252,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5544

secondary

#9FD6DD

accent

#D8EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5544

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

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