#DC5738#DC5738

#DC5738 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.173 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5738
RGB	rgb(220, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 50.37, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 66.92, 41.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.1428 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.173 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6408, 22.3222, 6.2778)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5738 #38BDDC

analogous

#DC386B #DC5738 #DCA938

triadic

#DC5738 #38DC57 #5738DC

tetradic

#DC5738 #6BDC38 #38BDDC #A938DC

square

#DC5738 #6BDC38 #38BDDC #A938DC

split-complementary

#DC5738 #38DCA9 #386BDC

monochromatic

#832B17 #B73D20 #DC5738 #E5836C #EEAFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#DC5738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#DC5738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5738

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5738	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F23751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.173 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8b70',
    500: '#dc5738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5738;
$custom-light: #ef8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.341,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62573,
    "c": 0.17326,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5738

secondary

#95CEDB

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5738

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

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