#DC5A44#DC5A44

#DC5A44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.168 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A44
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 68)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 49.57, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 62.67, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1426 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.168 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2182, 22.9499, 8.0956)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A44 #44C6DC

analogous

#DC447A #DC5A44 #DCA644

triadic

#DC5A44 #44DC5A #5A44DC

tetradic

#DC5A44 #7ADC44 #44C6DC #A644DC

square

#DC5A44 #7ADC44 #44C6DC #A644DC

split-complementary

#DC5A44 #44DCA6 #447ADC

monochromatic

#8B2B1A #BF3A24 #DC5A44 #E68778 #EFB5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#DC5A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#DC5A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A44

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A44	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)

#7D7241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.168 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d79',
    500: '#dc5a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a44;
$custom-light: #ee8d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.684,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A44

secondary

#9FD4DD

accent

#D2EB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A44

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

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