#DC5849#DC5849

#DC5849 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.169 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5849
RGB	rgb(220, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 50.75, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 61.78, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1472 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.169 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2109, 22.6807, 8.8784)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5849 #49CDDC

analogous

#DC4984 #DC5849 #DCA149

triadic

#DC5849 #49DC58 #5849DC

tetradic

#DC5849 #84DC49 #49CDDC #A149DC

square

#DC5849 #84DC49 #49CDDC #A149DC

split-complementary

#DC5849 #49DCA1 #4984DC

monochromatic

#8F271C #C23525 #DC5849 #E6877C #F0B6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DC5849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#DC5849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5849

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5849	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.169 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c7c',
    500: '#dc5849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5849;
$custom-light: #ee8c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.122,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62921,
    "c": 0.16852,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5849

secondary

#A3D8DE

accent

#D9EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5849

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

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