#DC5A43#DC5A43

#DC5A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.168 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A43
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 69.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 49.52, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 62.96, 38.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.1422 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.168 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1879, 22.9378, 7.9363)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A43 #43C5DC

analogous

#DC4379 #DC5A43 #DCA743

triadic

#DC5A43 #43DC5A #5A43DC

tetradic

#DC5A43 #79DC43 #43C5DC #A743DC

square

#DC5A43 #79DC43 #43C5DC #A743DC

split-complementary

#DC5A43 #43DCA7 #4379DC

monochromatic

#8B2B1A #BE3B23 #DC5A43 #E68777 #EFB5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DC5A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DC5A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A43

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A43	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.168 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d78',
    500: '#dc5a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a43;
$custom-light: #ee8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.02,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63097,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A43

secondary

#9ED3DD

accent

#D1EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A43

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

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