#DC5945#DC5945

#DC5945 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.168 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5945
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 50.08, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 62.63, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.1443 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.168 31)
XYZ	xyz(34.1652, 22.7947, 8.2298)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5945 #45C8DC

analogous

#DC457D #DC5945 #DCA545

triadic

#DC5945 #45DC59 #5945DC

tetradic

#DC5945 #7DDC45 #45C8DC #A545DC

square

#DC5945 #7DDC45 #45C8DC #A545DC

split-complementary

#DC5945 #45DCA5 #457DDC

monochromatic

#8C291A #C03924 #DC5945 #E68779 #EFB5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#DC5945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#DC5945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5945

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5945	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.168 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d79',
    500: '#dc5945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5945;
$custom-light: #ee8d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.947,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62994,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.2279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5945

secondary

#A0D5DD

accent

#D4EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5945

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

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