#DC5949#DC5949

#DC5949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.168 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5949
RGB	rgb(220, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 50.29, 35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 61.53, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1458 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.168 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2936, 22.8460, 8.9059)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5949 #49CCDC

analogous

#DC4982 #DC5949 #DCA349

triadic

#DC5949 #49DC59 #5949DC

tetradic

#DC5949 #82DC49 #49CCDC #A349DC

square

#DC5949 #82DC49 #49CCDC #A349DC

split-complementary

#DC5949 #49DCA3 #4982DC

monochromatic

#8F281C #C23625 #DC5949 #E6887C #F0B7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#DC5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#DC5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5949

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5949	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.168 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d7c',
    500: '#dc5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5949;
$custom-light: #ee8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.531,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63051,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5949

secondary

#A3D8DE

accent

#D8EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5949

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

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