#DC5B42#DC5B42

#DC5B42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.167 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC5B42
RGB	rgb(220, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 49.01, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 63.02, 38.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1404 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.167 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2431, 23.0957, 7.8079)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC5B42 #42C3DC

analogous

#DC4276 #DC5B42 #DCA842

triadic

#DC5B42 #42DC5B #5B42DC

tetradic

#DC5B42 #76DC42 #42C3DC #A842DC

square

#DC5B42 #76DC42 #42C3DC #A842DC

split-complementary

#DC5B42 #42DCA8 #4276DC

monochromatic

#8A2C1A #BE3C23 #DC5B42 #E68876 #EFB5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#DC5B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#DC5B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC5B42

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC5B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC5B42	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F13F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc5b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.167 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8e77',
    500: '#dc5b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc5b42;
$custom-light: #ee8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc5b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.74,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63216,
    "c": 0.1671,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC5B42

secondary

#9DD2DD

accent

#CFEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC5B42

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

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