#DC5940#DC5940

#DC5940 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.170 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5940
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 49.83, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 64.07, 38.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1426 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.17 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0165, 22.7352, 7.4466)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5940 #40C3DC

analogous

#DC4075 #DC5940 #DCA740

triadic

#DC5940 #40DC59 #5940DC

tetradic

#DC5940 #75DC40 #40C3DC #A740DC

square

#DC5940 #75DC40 #40C3DC #A740DC

split-complementary

#DC5940 #40DCA7 #4075DC

monochromatic

#892B19 #BC3B23 #DC5940 #E58674 #EFB3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#DC5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DC5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5940

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5940	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.170 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8c76',
    500: '#dc5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5940;
$custom-light: #ee8c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.615,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62927,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5940

secondary

#9BD2DC

accent

#D0EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5940

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

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