#DC5942#DC5942

#DC5942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.169 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5942
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 49.92, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 63.49, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1433 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.169 32)
XYZ	xyz(34.0744, 22.7584, 7.7517)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5942 #42C5DC

analogous

#DC4278 #DC5942 #DCA642

triadic

#DC5942 #42DC59 #5942DC

tetradic

#DC5942 #78DC42 #42C5DC #A642DC

square

#DC5942 #78DC42 #42C5DC #A642DC

split-complementary

#DC5942 #42DCA6 #4278DC

monochromatic

#8A2A1A #BE3A23 #DC5942 #E68676 #EFB4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DC5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#DC5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5942

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5942	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.169 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d77',
    500: '#dc5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5942;
$custom-light: #ee8d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.961,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.22754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5942

secondary

#9DD3DD

accent

#D1EC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5942

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

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