#DC5548#DC5548

#DC5548 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5548
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 72)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 52.03, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 62.81, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.151 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.172 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9368, 22.1851, 8.6248)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5548 #48CFDC

analogous

#DC4885 #DC5548 #DC9F48

triadic

#DC5548 #48DC55 #5548DC

tetradic

#DC5548 #85DC48 #48CFDC #9F48DC

square

#DC5548 #85DC48 #48CFDC #9F48DC

split-complementary

#DC5548 #48DC9F #4885DC

monochromatic

#8E251B #C23325 #DC5548 #E6857B #F0B4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DC5548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DC5548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5548

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5548	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a7b',
    500: '#dc5548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5548;
$custom-light: #ee8a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.27,
    "s": 67.89,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.17174,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5548

secondary

#A2D9DE

accent

#DCEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5548

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

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