#DC5744#DC5744

#DC5744 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.171 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5744
RGB	rgb(220, 87, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 50.93, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 63.39, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.1468 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.171 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9702, 22.4540, 8.0130)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5744 #44C9DC

analogous

#DC447D #DC5744 #DCA344

triadic

#DC5744 #44DC57 #5744DC

tetradic

#DC5744 #7DDC44 #44C9DC #A344DC

square

#DC5744 #7DDC44 #44C9DC #A344DC

split-complementary

#DC5744 #44DCA3 #447DDC

monochromatic

#8B281A #BF3724 #DC5744 #E68578 #EFB4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#DC5744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#DC5744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5744

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5744	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)

#7B7041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 87, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.171 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8b78',
    500: '#dc5744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5744;
$custom-light: #ee8b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62722,
    "c": 0.17055,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5744

secondary

#9FD5DD

accent

#D5EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5744

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

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