#DC5642#DC5642

#DC5642 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.172 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5642
RGB	rgb(220, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 51.28, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 64.20, 36.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.1475 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.172 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8298, 22.2692, 7.6702)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5642 #42C8DC

analogous

#DC427B #DC5642 #DCA342

triadic

#DC5642 #42DC56 #5642DC

tetradic

#DC5642 #7BDC42 #42C8DC #A342DC

square

#DC5642 #7BDC42 #42C8DC #A342DC

split-complementary

#DC5642 #42DCA3 #427BDC

monochromatic

#8A281A #BE3723 #DC5642 #E68476 #EFB2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#DC5642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#DC5642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5642

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5642	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.172 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b77',
    500: '#dc5642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5642;
$custom-light: #ee8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.792,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62568,
    "c": 0.17195,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5642

secondary

#9DD4DD

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5642

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

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