#DC5545#DC5545

#DC5545 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5545
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 51.87, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 63.61, 35.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1499 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.172 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8413, 22.1469, 8.1219)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5545 #45CCDC

analogous

#DC4580 #DC5545 #DCA145

triadic

#DC5545 #45DC55 #5545DC

tetradic

#DC5545 #80DC45 #45CCDC #A145DC

square

#DC5545 #80DC45 #45CCDC #A145DC

split-complementary

#DC5545 #45DCA1 #4580DC

monochromatic

#8C261A #C03524 #DC5545 #E68479 #EFB3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DC5545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DC5545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5545

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5545	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)

#796F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a79',
    500: '#dc5545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5545;
$custom-light: #ee8a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.358,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62483,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5545

secondary

#A0D7DD

accent

#D9EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5545

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

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