#DC5A49#DC5A49

#DC5A49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.167 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5A49
RGB	rgb(220, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 49.84, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 61.28, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.1443 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.167 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3773, 23.0136, 8.9338)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5A49 #49CBDC

analogous

#DC4981 #DC5A49 #DCA449

triadic

#DC5A49 #49DC5A #5A49DC

tetradic

#DC5A49 #81DC49 #49CBDC #A449DC

square

#DC5A49 #81DC49 #49CBDC #A449DC

split-complementary

#DC5A49 #49DCA4 #4981DC

monochromatic

#8F291C #C23825 #DC5A49 #E6897C #F0B7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#DC5A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#DC5A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5A49

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5A49	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)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.167 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8d7c',
    500: '#dc5a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5a49;
$custom-light: #ee8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.939,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63181,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5A49

secondary

#A3D7DE

accent

#D7EB3D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5A49

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

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