#DC5547#DC5547

#DC5547 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5547
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 71)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 67.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 51.98, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 63.07, 34.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1506 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.172 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9045, 22.1722, 8.4543)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5547 #47CEDC

analogous

#DC4783 #DC5547 #DCA047

triadic

#DC5547 #47DC55 #5547DC

tetradic

#DC5547 #83DC47 #47CEDC #A047DC

square

#DC5547 #83DC47 #47CEDC #A047DC

split-complementary

#DC5547 #47DCA0 #4783DC

monochromatic

#8E261B #C13325 #DC5547 #E6857A #F0B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DC5547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DC5547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5547

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5547	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#796F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a7b',
    500: '#dc5547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5547;
$custom-light: #ee8a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.638,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62511,
    "c": 0.17193,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5547

secondary

#A1D8DE

accent

#DBEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5547

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

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