#DC5638#DC5638

#DC5638 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.174 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5638
RGB	rgb(220, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, 50.82, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 67.14, 40.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1442 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.174 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5604, 22.1614, 6.2510)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5638 #38BEDC

analogous

#DC386C #DC5638 #DCA838

triadic

#DC5638 #38DC56 #5638DC

tetradic

#DC5638 #6CDC38 #38BEDC #A838DC

square

#DC5638 #6CDC38 #38BEDC #A838DC

split-complementary

#DC5638 #38DCA8 #386CDC

monochromatic

#832B17 #B73C20 #DC5638 #E5826C #EEAEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#DC5638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#DC5638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5638

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5638	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)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.174 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b70',
    500: '#dc5638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5638;
$custom-light: #ef8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.976,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62445,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5638

secondary

#95CEDB

accent

#CCED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5638

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

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