#DC5842#DC5842

#DC5842 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.170 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5842
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 50.38, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 63.72, 37.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1447 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.17 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9918, 22.5931, 7.7242)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5842 #42C6DC

analogous

#DC4279 #DC5842 #DCA542

triadic

#DC5842 #42DC58 #5842DC

tetradic

#DC5842 #79DC42 #42C6DC #A542DC

square

#DC5842 #79DC42 #42C6DC #A542DC

split-complementary

#DC5842 #42DCA5 #4279DC

monochromatic

#8A2A1A #BE3923 #DC5842 #E68676 #EFB3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#DC5842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#DC5842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5842

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5842	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.170 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c77',
    500: '#dc5842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5842;
$custom-light: #ee8c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62823,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5842

secondary

#9DD4DD

accent

#D3EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5842

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

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