#DC5A47#DC5A47

#DC5A47 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.167 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A47
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 71)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 67.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 49.73, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 61.83, 36.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1436 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.167 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3121, 22.9875, 8.5902)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A47 #47C9DC

analogous

#DC477F #DC5A47 #DCA547

triadic

#DC5A47 #47DC5A #5A47DC

tetradic

#DC5A47 #7FDC47 #47C9DC #A547DC

square

#DC5A47 #7FDC47 #47C9DC #A547DC

split-complementary

#DC5A47 #47DCA5 #477FDC

monochromatic

#8E2A1B #C13925 #DC5A47 #E6887A #F0B6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DC5A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DC5A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A47

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A47	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.167 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d7b',
    500: '#dc5a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a47;
$custom-light: #ee8d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.651,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63152,
    "c": 0.16693,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A47

secondary

#A1D6DE

accent

#D5EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A47

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

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