#DC5742#DC5742

#DC5742 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.171 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5742
RGB	rgb(220, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 50.83, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 63.96, 37.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.1461 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.171 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9102, 22.4300, 7.6970)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5742 #42C7DC

analogous

#DC427A #DC5742 #DCA442

triadic

#DC5742 #42DC57 #5742DC

tetradic

#DC5742 #7ADC42 #42C7DC #A442DC

square

#DC5742 #7ADC42 #42C7DC #A442DC

split-complementary

#DC5742 #42DCA4 #427ADC

monochromatic

#8A291A #BE3823 #DC5742 #E68576 #EFB3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DC5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#DC5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5742

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5742	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.171 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b77',
    500: '#dc5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5742;
$custom-light: #ee8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62695,
    "c": 0.17098,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5742

secondary

#9DD4DD

accent

#D4EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5742

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

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