#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
RGBrgb(220, 86, 66)
HSLhsl(8, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(8, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.9%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(54.31, 51.28, 38.63)
CIE-LCHlch(54.31, 64.20, 36.99°)
OKLaboklab(62.57% 0.1475 0.0884)
OKLCHoklch(62.57% 0.172 30.9)
XYZxyz(33.8298, 22.2692, 7.6702)
Luminance0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##DC56421.003.855.455.45
#FFFFFF3.851.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4521.001.001.00
##0000005.4521.001.001.00

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

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#DC5642 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva