#DC5549#DC5549

#DC5549 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.172 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5549
RGB	rgb(220, 85, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 52.09, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 62.55, 33.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1514 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.172 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9697, 22.1983, 8.7980)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5549 #49D0DC

analogous

#DC4986 #DC5549 #DC9F49

triadic

#DC5549 #49DC55 #5549DC

tetradic

#DC5549 #86DC49 #49D0DC #9F49DC

square

#DC5549 #86DC49 #49D0DC #9F49DC

split-complementary

#DC5549 #49DC9F #4986DC

monochromatic

#8F251C #C23225 #DC5549 #E6857C #F0B5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DC5549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DC5549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5549

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5549	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)

#796F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 85, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.172 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8a7c',
    500: '#dc5549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5549;
$custom-light: #ee8a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62541,
    "c": 0.17156,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5549

secondary

#A3D9DE

accent

#DCEB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5549

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

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